{"product_id":"9780385055499","title":"The Silent Language","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHall, Edward T.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAnchor\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7\/3\/1973\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA leading American anthropologist analyzes the many vitally important ways in which people \"talk\" to one another without the use of words. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Silent Language\u003c\/i\u003e shows how cultural factors influence the individual behind his back, without his knowledge.\" —Erich Fromm\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe pecking order in a chicken yard, the fierce competition in a school playground, every unwitting gesture and action—this is the vocabulary of the \"silent language.\" According to Dr. Hall, the concepts of \u003ci\u003espace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003etime\u003c\/i\u003e are tools with which all human beings may transmit messages. \u003ci\u003eSpace\u003c\/i\u003e, for example, is the outgrowth of an animal's instinctive defense of his lair and is reflected in human society by the office worker's jealous defense of his desk, or the guarded, walled patio of a Latin-American home. Similarly, the concept of \u003ci\u003etime\u003c\/i\u003e, varying from Western precision to Easter vagueness, is revealed by the businessman who pointedly keeps a client waiting, or the South Pacific islander who murders his neighbor for an injustice suffered twenty years ago.","brand":"Anchor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43350790045951,"sku":"9780385055499","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780385055499_s600x595.jpg?v=1780933460","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780385055499","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}