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1 online resource (307 pages) |
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Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Not Empty Silence; 2. Taking One's Distance; 3. Confidence Games; 4. The Government of Designs; 5. The Writing on the Walls; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
"Larvatus prodeo," announced René Descartes at the beginning of the seventeenth century: "I come forward, masked." Deliberately disguising or silencing their most intimate thoughts and emotions, many early modern Europeans besides Descartes-princes, courtiers, aristocrats and commoners alike-chose to practice the shadowy art of dissimulation. For men and women who could not risk revealing their inner lives to those around them, this art of incommunicativity was crucial, both personally and politically. Many writers and intellectuals sought to explain, expose, justify, or condemn the emergence |
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16th century |
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17th century |
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affairs |
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aristocracy |
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canonical writing |
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commoners |
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communication |
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controversy |
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court writings |
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culture of secrecy |
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disguise |
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dishonesty |
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dissimulation |
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early modern europe |
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europe |
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inner lives |
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italy |
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masking emotions |
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modern history |
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moral philosophy |
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naples |
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netherlands |
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philosophers |
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political silence |
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political theory |
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private lives |
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rene descartes |
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secrecy |
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secret thoughts |
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textbooks |
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treatises |
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visual arts |
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writers and intellectuals |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-271) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Secrecy -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History
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Truthfulness and falsehood -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History
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Interpersonal communication -- Italy -- History
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Secrecy -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History
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Truthfulness and falsehood -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History
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Interpersonal communication -- Europe -- History
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Communication Studies.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
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Interpersonal communication
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Manners and customs
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Truthfulness and falsehood -- Social aspects
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Geheimhaltung
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Verstellung
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Täuschung
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Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
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Secrecy -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History.
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Truthfulness and falsehood -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History.
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Interpersonal communication -- Italy -- History.
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Secrecy -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History.
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Truthfulness and falsehood -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History.
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Interpersonal communication -- Europe -- History.
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Hemlighetsmakeri -- sociala aspekter -- historia -- Europa -- 1500-talet -- 1600-talet.
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Hemlighetsmakeri -- sociala aspekter -- historia -- Italien -- 1500-talet -- 1600-talet.
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Mänskliga relationer -- historia -- Europa -- 1500-talet -- 1600-talet.
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Mänskliga relationer -- historia -- Italien -- 1500-talet -- 1600-talet.
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Italy -- Social life and customs -- 16th century
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Italy -- Social life and customs -- 17th century
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Italy -- Social life and customs -- Sources
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Europe -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045760
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Europe
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Italy
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Europa
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Italy -- Social life and customs -- 16th century.
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Italy -- Social life and customs -- 17th century.
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Italy -- Social life and customs -- Sources.
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Europe -- Social life and customs.
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History
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Sources
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Quelle.
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Electronic book
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LC no. |
2008050735 |
ISBN |
9780520944442 |
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0520944445 |
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1282361031 |
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9781282361034 |
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9786612361036 |
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6612361034 |