Historia del silencio

Silence is not the simple absence of noise. It makes possible the inner fortress where great writers, thinkers, scholars, and believers have gathered for centuries. An essential requirement for contemplation, fantasy, prayer and creation, silence is the intimate source from which language flows, and it permeates our most private and sacred spaces, from the bedroom to the cathedral. But despite the fundamental role it plays in some of the most profoundly human experiences, silence has been banished from our lives by the incessant hustle and bustle of urban spaces and technological gadgets. In our deafening present, Alain Corbin recovers, through the work of writers, artists and philosophers who treasured seclusion and calm, the story of a time when the word was unusual and precious, and thus invites us to rediscover the silence or, in other words, the interior life.