Dissimulation and the Culture of Secrecy in Early Modern Europe.

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"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 co...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Snyder, Jon R., 1954-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: CA : University of California Press, 2009.
Sujets:
1500-1699
Geschichte 1500-1700.
Secrecy > Social aspects > Italy > History.
Truthfulness and falsehood > Social aspects > Italy > History.
Interpersonal communication > Italy > History.
Secrecy > Social aspects > Europe > History.
Truthfulness and falsehood > Social aspects > Europe > History.
Interpersonal communication > Europe > History.
Secret > Aspect social > Italie > Histoire.
Mensonge > Aspect social > Italie > Histoire.
Communication interpersonnelle > Italie > Histoire.
Secret > Aspect social > Europe > Histoire.
Mensonge > Aspect social > Europe > Histoire.
Communication interpersonnelle > Europe > Histoire.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Communication Studies.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Interpersonal communication
Manners and customs
Truthfulness and falsehood > Social aspects
Geheimhaltung
Verstellung
Täuschung
Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Hemlighetsmakeri > sociala aspekter > historia > Europa > 1500-talet > 1600-talet.
Hemlighetsmakeri > sociala aspekter > historia > Italien > 1500-talet > 1600-talet.
Mänskliga relationer > historia > Europa > 1500-talet > 1600-talet.
Mänskliga relationer > historia > Italien > 1500-talet > 1600-talet.
Italy > Social life and customs > 16th century.
Italy > Social life and customs > 17th century.
Italy > Social life and customs > Sources.
Europe > Social life and customs.
Italie > Mœurs et coutumes > 16e siècle.
Italie > Mœurs et coutumes > 17e siècle.
Italie > Mœurs et coutumes > Sources.
Europe > Mœurs et coutumes.
Europe
Italy
Europa
16th century.
17th century.
affairs.
aristocracy.
canonical writing.
commoners.
communication.
controversy.
court writings.
culture of secrecy.
disguise.
dishonesty.
dissimulation.
early modern europe.
europe.
inner lives.
italy.
masking emotions.
modern history.
moral philosophy.
naples.
netherlands.
philosophers.
political silence.
political theory.
private lives.
rene descartes.
secrecy.
secret thoughts.
textbooks.
treatises.
visual arts.
writers and intellectuals.
History
Sources
Quelle.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"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
Description matérielle:1 online resource (307 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-271) and index.
ISBN:9780520944442
0520944445
1282361031
9781282361034
9786612361036
6612361034

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