by Alain Corbin · ACANTILADO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788417346720
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«Historia del silencio» is Alain Corbin's cultural history essay, published by Acantilado in paperback (152 pages, in Spanish).
Silence is not the mere absence of noise, but the space that makes contemplation, prayer and creation possible. The essay traces its loss from the Renaissance to the present amid urban bustle and technology, and champions, with writers, artists and philosophers, the value of withdrawal and inner life.
Volume 390 of the El Acantilado collection. Translated from the French by Jordi Bayod. First edition published in June 2019.
For the general reader interested in cultural history, philosophy and the role of silence in modern life.
Alain Corbin is a French historian. He is a specialist of the 19th century in France and in microhistory.
