The Elephant in the Room —— Silence and Denial in Everyday Life

----- 大象在房间：日常生活的平静与拒绝

ISBN: 9780195187175 出版年：2012 页码：177 Zerubavel, Eviatar Oxford University Press

In The Elephant in the Room, Eviatar Zerubavel sheds new light on the social and political underpinnings of silence and denial--the keeping of "open secrets." Zerubavel shows how conspiracies of silence evolve, illuminating the social pressures that cause people to deny what is right before their eyes. Drawing on examples from newspapers and comedy shows to novels, children's stories, and film, the book travels back and forth across different levels of social life, and from everyday moments to large-scale historical events.