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020			_a9781509517367
028			_a: Zafaa Books & Distributors _b: 313/103A, H. No.-15, Tulsi Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi. _c: ZBD-2026-27-0109 _d: 25/06/2026
082			_a204.47 COR
100			_aCorbin, Alain.
245			_aA History of Silence _c/ Alain Corbin.
260			_a, Cambridge _b: Polity Press _c, 2018.
300			_avi, 149p. _c: 24cm.
365			_b1268
520			_aSilence is not simply the absence of noise. It is within us, in the inner citadel that great writers, thinkers, scholars and people of faith have cultivated over the centuries. It characterizes our most intimate and sacred spaces, from private bedrooms to grand cathedrals – those vast reservoirs of silence. Philosophers and novelists have long sought solitude and inspiration in mountains and forests. Yet despite the centrality of silence to some of our most intense experiences, the transformations of the twentieth century have gradually diminished its value. Today, raucous urban spaces and a continual bombardment from different media pressure us into constant activity. We are losing a sense of our inner selves, a process that is changing the very nature of the individual. This book rediscovers the wonder of silence and, with this, a richer experience of life. With his predilection for the elusive, Corbin calls us to listen to another history.
650			_aSilence
650			_aRenaissance to the Present Day
650			_aPolity
700			_aAlain Corbin.
942			_cBOOK
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