Silence : a social history of one of the least understood elements of our lives

Through her evocative intertwined histories of the penitentiary and the monastery, Jane Brox illuminates the many ways silence is far more complex than any absolute; how it has influenced ideas of the self, soul, and society. Brox traces its place as a transformative power in the monastic world from...

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Main Author: Brox, Jane
Format: BOOK
Other Format: EAUDIO EBOOK
Language:ENGLISH
Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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