Dissimulation and the Culture of Secrecy in Early Modern Europe.
"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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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CA :
University of California Press,
2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.