The Silent Language
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Before a single word is spoken, culture has already said everything — and Edward T. Hall's The Silent Language is the landmark work that first made this radical truth visible. Published in 1959, this groundbreaking work of cultural anthropology argues that human communication extends far beyond verbal language, encompassing the unspoken codes of time, space, and gesture that govern everyday life across all cultures. Hall, a pioneering anthropologist and cross-cultural researcher, draws on vivid field observations and rigorous academic insight to reveal how misunderstandings between cultures arise not from language barriers alone, but from the invisible, deeply embedded systems of behaviour that each society takes for granted. The Silent Language is widely credited with founding the field of proxemics — the study of human spatial relationships — and remains a seminal text in anthropology, communication studies, and intercultural theory. Hall's prose is lucid and accessible without sacrificing intellectual depth, making complex ethnographic concepts compelling to both academic and general readers alike. He illustrates how the unexamined assumptions buried within a culture's relationship to time, touch, and territory can be as powerful — and as divisive — as any spoken creed. Decades after its first publication, this essential text continues to challenge readers to question what they thought they already knew about the world around them.
Author: Edward T. Hall
Format: Hardback
Published: 1959, Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Genre: Anthropology
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Before a single word is spoken, culture has already said everything — and Edward T. Hall's The Silent Language is the landmark work that first made this radical truth visible. Published in 1959, this groundbreaking work of cultural anthropology argues that human communication extends far beyond verbal language, encompassing the unspoken codes of time, space, and gesture that govern everyday life across all cultures. Hall, a pioneering anthropologist and cross-cultural researcher, draws on vivid field observations and rigorous academic insight to reveal how misunderstandings between cultures arise not from language barriers alone, but from the invisible, deeply embedded systems of behaviour that each society takes for granted. The Silent Language is widely credited with founding the field of proxemics — the study of human spatial relationships — and remains a seminal text in anthropology, communication studies, and intercultural theory. Hall's prose is lucid and accessible without sacrificing intellectual depth, making complex ethnographic concepts compelling to both academic and general readers alike. He illustrates how the unexamined assumptions buried within a culture's relationship to time, touch, and territory can be as powerful — and as divisive — as any spoken creed. Decades after its first publication, this essential text continues to challenge readers to question what they thought they already knew about the world around them.