First published in French as Histoire du silence. De la Renaissance à nos jours © Éditions Albin Michel, Paris, 2016

This English edition © Polity Press, 2018

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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-1739-8

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Corbin, Alain, author.

Title: A history of silence : from the Renaissance to the present day / Alain    Corbin.

Other titles: Histoire du silence. English

Description: English edition. | Medford, MA : Polity, 2018. | Includes    bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017048521 (print) | LCCN 2017061303 (ebook) | ISBN    9781509517398 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509517350 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509517367    (pbk.)

Subjects: LCSH: Silence (Philosophy) | Silence--Religious aspects. | Silence--Psychological aspects. | Meditation.

Classification: LCC BJ1499.S5 (ebook) | LCC BJ1499.S5 C5813 2018 (print) |    DDC 204/.47--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017048521

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