| Description |
1 online resource (92 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preamble -- I. Memories of the Secret -- Origins -- In the Crypt -- Etymology -- When the Secret Appears -- Occult Force -- II. The Secret's Passions -- Lifting the Veil -- The Unavowable -- A Treasure, a Poison -- Genesis -- Storia I -- III. Being or Having -- The Last Secret -- The Body au secret -- Eroticism -- Storia II -- Storia III -- IV. Transparency and Truth -- Violations -- Dissimulations -- Surveillances -- Adaptations -- Mirages -- Big Data, Hyperconnection, Speed: The Spiral -- Archives -- Secret Societies -- The Unifying Secret |
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v. An Ethics of the Secret -- Panopticum: Bentham, Kant, Constant -- Inappropriable -- Creative Power -- The Secret of Dreams -- Sex and Prayer -- Secret Sideration -- Jealousies -- The Conspiracy Theory -- VI. Toward Mystery -- Secret Nature -- Veils -- Legacies -- Aside -- A Part of One's Own -- Secret of the Prophetic Voice -- Sacrifice -- Mystery's Share -- Notes -- Bibliography |
| Summary |
In an age that prizes political and personal transparency, In Defense of the Secret champions the secret as what permits relation and ensures our humanity. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Secrecy -- Psychological aspects.
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Privacy -- Psychological aspects.
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Secret (Philosophy)
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Privacy -- Psychological aspects |
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Secrecy -- Psychological aspects |
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Secret (Philosophy) |
| Added Author |
Turner, Lindsay, translator.
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| Added Title |
Défense du secret. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dufourmantelle, Anne. In Defense of Secrets. New York : Fordham University Press, ©2021 |
| ISBN |
0823289249 (electronic book) |
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9780823289240 (electronic bk.) |
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