Awards

• Short-listed for The French-American Foundation Translation Prize 2022

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Author:   Anne Dufourmantelle ,  Lindsay Turner
Publisher:   Fordham University Press
Imprint:   Fordham University Press
ISBN:  

9780823289226

ISBN 10:   0823289222
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   05 January 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preamble | ix I. Memories of the Secret Origins | 3 In the Crypt | 6 Etymology | 8 When the Secret Appears | 10 Occult Force | 14 II. The Secret’s Passions Lifting the Veil | 19 The Unavowable | 22 A Treasure, a Poison | 25 Genesis | 27 Storia I | 29 III. Being or Having The Last Secret | 39 The Body au secret | 41 Eroticism | 44 Storia II | 47 Storia III | 53 IV. Transparency and Truth Violations | 59 Dissimulations | 63 Surveillances | 65 Adaptations | 67 Mirages | 69 Big Data, Hyperconnection, Speed: The Spiral | 72 Archives | 74 Secret Societies | 77 The Unifying Secret | 81 V. An Ethics of the Secret Panopticum: Bentham, Kant, Constant | 85 Inappropriable | 88 Creative Power | 90 The Secret of Dreams | 92 Sex and Prayer | 95 Secret Sideration | 97 Jealousies | 102 The Conspiracy Theory | 105 VI. Toward Mystery Secret Nature | 109 Veils | 111 Legacies | 114 Aside | 117 A Part of One’s Own | 123 Secret of the Prophetic Voice | 125 Sacrifice | 129 Mystery’s Share | 133 Notes | 139 Bibliography | 141

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In an epoch when transparency, openness, and candor are constantly enjoined on us, and in which the message 'Secrets Kill' is driven home by everything from twelve-step groups to Lifetime TV, Dufourmantelle shows the powers that secrecy continues to hold. This urgent book will open new perspectives on a world marked by the rise of Wikileaks, Big Data, and social media.--Michael Moon, Emory University

In an epoch when transparency, openness, and candor are constantly enjoined on us, and in which the message 'Secrets Kill' is driven home by everything from twelve-step groups to Lifetime TV, Dufourmantelle shows the powers that secrecy continues to hold. This urgent book will open new perspectives on a world marked by the rise of Wikileaks, Big Data, and social media.---Michael Moon, Emory University,

Author Information

Anne Dufourmantelle (Author) Anne Dufourmantelle (1964–2017), philosopher and psychoanalyst, taught at the European Graduate School and wrote monthly columns for the Paris newspaper Libération. Her books in English include In Praise of Risk; Power of Gentleness; Blind Date; and, with Jacques Derrida, Of Hospitality. Lindsay Turner (Translator) Lindsay Turner a poet and translator, is Assistant Professor of English and Literary Arts at the University of Denver. She has translated books by Stéphane Bouquet, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Frédéric Neyrat, and Ryoko Sekiguchi.

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