Childhood's Secrets: Intimacy, Privacy, and the Self Reconsidered

by Max Van Manen and Bas Levering

Book Overview

Identifies secrecy as a crucial dimension of human development-showing how common, everyday secrets make children aware of inner space and external worlds, which in turn help them develop a sense of self, personal responsibility, autonomy, and intimacy in human relations, and reveals the fascinating relationships between childhood secrets and adult lives. Thoroughly readable, the book provides dozens of examples of experiences with secrecy as we encounter them in daily life and challenges our assumptions about the ethics of silence, privacy, reserve, lying, and ultimately the morality of life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807735051
• ISBN13: 9780807735053
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"