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Fragility


Alain Corbin , Helen Morrison


The distant past is commonly characterized in terms of dominant materials of the time – the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, etc. Since the dawn of writing, however, characterizing eras in terms of materials has fallen by the wayside, and yet materials have...

Publication date: 2025-06-13
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Publisher: Polity
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A History of Rest


Alain Corbin , Helen Morrison


Rest occupies a space outside of sleep and alertness: it is a form of recuperation but also of preparation for what is to come, and is a need felt by human and animal alike. Through the centuries, different and conflicting definitions and forms of rest have blossomed,...

Publication date: 2024-06-12
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Publisher: Polity
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A History of the Wind


Alain Corbin , William Peniston


Everyone knows the wind’s touch, its presence, its force. Sometimes it roars and howls, at other times we hear its wistful sighs and feel its soothing caresses. Since antiquity, humans have borne witness to the wind and relied on it to navigate the seas. And yet,...

Publication date: 2022-11-09
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Publisher: Polity
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Terra Incognita


Alain Corbin


Identifying gaps in knowledge is the first duty of any historian who sets out to understand the past. It is impossible fully to understand our forebears without some idea of what they did not know: the history of ignorance is an indispensable part of history itself....

Publication date: 2021-06-15
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Publisher: Polity
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A History of Silence


Alain Corbin


Silence is not simply the absence of noise. It is within us, in the inner citadel that great writers, thinkers, scholars and people of faith have cultivated over the centuries. It characterizes our most intimate and sacred spaces, from private bedrooms to grand...

Publication date: 2018-05-29
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Publisher: Polity
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