[PDF] Secrecy And Deceit eBook

Author : David Martin Gitlitz
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 22,54 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826328137

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Comprehensive history of crypto-Jewish beliefs and social customs.

Author : Dale F. Eickelman
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 23,5 MB
Release : 2004-08
Category :
ISBN : 9781405119924

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Secrecy, deception, and lying are as basic to social life as sharing, trust, and community. Yet most moral and ethical codes treat secrecy and lying as dangerous and wrong, or at best as necessary evils appropriate to unusual or extreme situations. As part of the “social imaginary” of any society—accepted and shared background understandings concerning how families, communities, organizations, and institutions operate—learning to keep secrets, deceive, lie, and deny are part of the moral rules-in-use is an integral part of becoming a full and trusted person. In recent years, secrecy and lying have become increasingly recognized in the social imaginary of most societies, but there remains a strong tendency to deflect attention from recognizing the pervasiveness importance of secrecy and lying. Tales of government deception, corporate fraud, and the sexual improprieties of heads of state and royalty enter into public discussion throughout the world. Spy novels in American and European societies make secrecy and deception an adventure, yet deflect attention from the extent to which secrecy and lying are so much apart of the ordinary fabric of society that calling attention to their pervasiveness is dismissed as cynicism or hypocrisy. Police training manuals inculcate techniques of deception and deceit, and the defenders of such techniques consider them appropriate provided that interrogators use them to ascertain the “truth” and stay within bounds accepted by courts, lawyers, and formal review boards—or at least do not come to their formal attention. Whether practices of lying or deception are given the softer label of “deniability” in politics or no label at all, as in corporate deception or advertising, family life, secrecy and lying are pervasive values that help define the boundaries of person, community, and belonging. This book suggests how secrecy and lying can be made a more explicit element of the anthropology of knowledge. As an alternative to a moralizing approach to the subject, it shows how secrecy and lying work in practice—and why they are tolerated and even admired—in different cultural and social contexts. The book, an estimated 200 pages manuscript, is intended to provoke new thinking on the subject and awareness of the role of secrecy and lying in society.

Author : Willie James
Publisher :
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 33,48 MB
Release : 2018-08-21
Category :
ISBN : 9780692160602

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See through the eyes of Mike, Brittany, and Devon as their choices dictate their fate. Short Story #1: Mike gets hired at the prestigious tech giant 'Black Rose Inc' and gets into an intimate relationship with his boss. Short Story #2: Brittany becomes suspicious of her best friend and husband's relationship after offering her a place to stay. Short Story #3: Shortly after saying 'I do', Devon develops an intimate bond with a newly hired married woman. He is forced to choose between her and his wife. Each story contains two alternate endings. Bad decisions and dead ends await you at every turn. Will you reach a happy ending or a shocking twist? The choice is in your hands.

Author : David Wise
Publisher : New York : Random House
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 31,24 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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How government deception, official secrecy, and misuse of power have eroded Americans' confidence in their government.

Author : Stephen Graubard
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 807 pages
File Size : 20,16 MB
Release : 2009-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0141042907

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In this magisterial examination of the Presidency over the course of the 20th Century, the author explores the history of the world's greatest elective office and the role each incumbent has played in changing the scope of its powers. Using individual presidential portraits of each of the presidents of the past century Graubard asks, and answers, a wide variety of crucial questions about each President. What intellectual, social and political assets did they bring to the White House, and how quickly did they deplete or mortgage that capital? How well did they cope with crises, foreign and domestic? How much attention did they pay to their election pledges after they were elected? How did they use the media, old and new? Above all, how did they conduct themselves in office and what legacy did they leave to their successors? Graubard provides original analysis in each case, and reaches many surprising conclusions.

Author : Paul Ekman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 13,7 MB
Release : 2009-01-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0393337456

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Describes gestures and other clues that indicate a person may be lying, explains why people lie, and discusses the controversy surrounding lie detector tests.