The elephant in the room silence and denial in everyday life /

The fable of the Emperor's New Clothes is a classic example of a conspiracy of silence, a situation where everyone refuses to acknowledge an obvious truth. But the denial of social realities -- whether incest, alcoholism, corruption, or even genocide -- is no fairy tale. In this book, the autho...

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Main Author: Zerubavel, Eviatar
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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