Childhood’s Secrets: Intimacy, Privacy, and the Self Reconsidered
Max van Manen and Bas Levering
Available in: English, Dutch, Brazil, Portuguese, Spanish, German
Contents
Chapter One
- 8 Introduction
- 8 Stories of Secrecy
- 14 Peek-a-boo and Hide'n Seek
- 15 Can You Keep a Secret?
Chapter Two
- 24 Modes of Secrecy
- 25 Existential Secrecy
- 26 Communicative Secrecy
- 27 Personal Secrecy
- 31 Language and Secrecy Experience
Chapter Three
- 40 How Do We Experience Secrecy?
- 40 Hideouts and Passage Ways
- 44 The Secret Place to Withdraw
- 49 Secret Compartments, Drawers and Boxes
- 52 Wardrobes and Closet Spaces
- 54 Secret Manifestations and Imaginations
- 57 The Adventure of Secret Play Space
Chapter Four
- 66 Secrecy in Fiction
- 69 The Second Self
- 73 The Intimate Self
- 78 The Haunted Self
- 83 The Illicit Self
- 88 The Dark Self
- 89 The Orphaned Self
Chapter Five
- 98 Where do Secrecy and Privacy Come From?
- 98 Must One Always Be Open and Truthful?
- 99 What Does it Mean to Be Reserved?
- 102 What Calls for Privacy?
- 107 What Calls for Secrecy?
Chapter Six
- 114 Differences between Secrecy and Privacy
- 114 The Intimacy Factor
- 120 The Content Factor
- 123 The Language Factor
- 125 The Moral Factor
- 126 Conclusion
- 127 Why Do We Value Secrecy and Privacy?
Chapter Seven
- 136The Physiognomy of Secrecy
- 136 The Transparent Body
- 138 Feeling Excluded
- 140 Snubbing and Difference
- 141 Cultural Codes
- 141 The Glance
- 143 The Wink
- 144 The Secret Smile
- 145 The Smirk
- 146 The Enigmatic Image
- 148 The Mask
- 149 The Sudden Silence
- 150 Learning Psysiognomy
Chapter Eight
- Secrecy and the Origin of Identity 154
- Self and Other 155
- Body and Self 160
- Pre-identity and Self-differentiation 163
- Identity and Inner Self 168
- Is Secrecy Possible? The Psychological Question 172
- Is Secrecy Possible? The Philosophical Question 174
Chapter Nine
- 183 The Development of Inwardness
- 183 Cognitive Development of Secrecy
- 188 Secrecy as Inner-Space
- 192 Cultural Development of Inwardness
- 198 Inwardness and the Path of Confession
Chapter Ten
- 207 Secrecy and Postmodern Culture
- 208 The Postmodern Self
- 212 The Plural Self
- 213 Lost Inwardness?
Chapter Eleven
- 216 Lying and Secrecy
- 216 Learning to Hide
- 219 Lying Language
- 221 The Morality of the Child's Secret as Lie
- 224 The Skill of Lying
- 229 Gossip
Chapter Twelve
- 234 The Childhood of Secrecy
- 236 The Secrecy of Childhood
- 239 Childhood Secrecy as a Function of Adult Culture
Chapter Thirteen
- 242 Guilt, Shame and Embarrassment
- 242 Exposing Secrets in front of Others
- 243 Exposure of Debt: Guilt
- 246 Exposure of Fault: Shame
- 248 Exposure of Innocence: Embarrassment
Chapter Fourteen
- 253 The Pedagogy of Secrecy
- 254 The Need for Supervision and Privacy
- 259 Institutional Relations and Pedagogical Attentiveness
- 263 Supervision and Lack of Privacy
- 269 Supervision in the Classroom
- 275 Supervision as Genuine Interest in the other Person
- 279 Life's Secrets
- 286 Who Am I?
Chapter Fifteen
- 291 Conclusion
- 300 Bibliography