The Elephant in the Room

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Zerubavel, a professor of sociology at Rutgers University and author of The Seven-Day Circle and other books maneuvers across politics, popular culture and academic literature to uncover sundry forms of silence and connect these within the greater social universe. He demonstrates that silence is a common subject within music and film, and references abound from Paul Simon to John Lennon, Billy Rose's Dumbo to The Secret Live of Dentists. Shifting his focus to politics, Zerubavel analyzes Bill Clinton's impeachment trial, the Catholic Church's child abuse scandal and Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina. However, while not lacking in captivating anecdotes or titillatingly obscure references, the book fails to offer any previously unknown conclusions about silence. Instead, the reader is left with familiar statements: silence can be deadly; silence in individuals breeds silence in the entire group; people tend to be silent about silence. As is obvious from the 60 pages of references (for 85 pages of text), Zerubavel is well-read and marvelously conversant on the subject. Readers looking for groundbreaking scholarship will be disappointed, though the book excels as a socio-historical account of silence's machinations.

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出版者:Oxford University Press
作者:Eviatar Zerubavel
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页数:176
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出版时间:2006-4-1
价格:USD 74.00
装帧:Hardcover
isbn号码:9780195187175
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  • 社会学 
  • 心理 
  • 开卷8分钟 
  • 社會學 
  • 社会心理学 
  • 社会 
  • Zerubavel, 
  • 英语 
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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 The Elephant in the Room, Eviatar Zerubavel sheds new light on the social and political underpinnings of silence and denial--the keeping of "open secrets." The author shows that conspiracies of silence exist at every level of society, ranging from small groups to large corporations, from personal friendships to politics. Drawing on examples from newspapers and comedy shows to novels, children's stories, and film, the book travels back and forth across different levels of social life, and from everyday moments to large-scale historical events. At its core, The Elephant in the Room helps us understand why we ignore truths that are known to all of us. Zerubavel shows how such conspiracies evolve, illuminating the social pressures that cause people to deny what is right before their eyes. We see how each conspirator's denial is symbiotically complemented by the others', and we learn that silence is usually more intense when there are more people conspiring--and especially when there are significant power differences among them. He concludes by showing that the longer we ignore "elephants," the larger they loom in our minds, as each avoidance triggers an even greater spiral of denial. Social life in families, organizations, communities and even entire nations is full of situations where the emperor has no clothes. The Elephant in the Room illuminates the dynamics behind these situations, revealing why we ignore obvious and alarming realities.

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很多人觉得这是一本适合印到中国的书,引进之初似乎听好多人说起。可到底是什么吸引我买来,大约是这薄薄的书页便于戴在身上翻看罢了。依我看起来,其实它本不是一本适合中国人看的书,最最简单的说起来,要论起沉默的合谋,偶,中华民族可为师祖。这也是为什么中华文明带有甚...  

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社会学及大众心理学入门书 整本书篇幅虽短小,却异常的尖锐,本人没有国外生活经历,不知道其他国家或种族是否“集体性冷漠”以成为生活的一钟常态,它针对于此作了深入浅出的批解。 个人觉得这本书虽然比不上1984,但“合谋的沉默”——准确且刺痛,推荐给全体国人,

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在季风中文版的翻了几页,回来只找到了英文版的。。

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中规中矩啊。不值得我撑到现在看完= =

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十多年前一本社会学旧书 放在今天读来,参考这两年MeToo运动背景和自己的经历,更觉得可贵了。国人是看不起silence breaker 或whistle blower的,仿佛他们只会挑刺揭短,骂骂咧咧。这本小书让我有了完全不一样的想法。

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感觉挺一般,没嵌入什么令人眼前一亮的观点与想法,就像高中生的作文一样,中规中矩的。但也给4星吧,书把观点总结一下给我听也是不错的。

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