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The Elephant in the Room: Silence and Denial in Everyday Life (1st Edition) by Eviatar Zerubavel Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2007 ISBN-10: 0-19-533260-1 / 0195332601 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-533260-5 / 9780195332605 The fable of the Emperor's New Clothes is a classic example of a conspiracy of silence, a situation where everyone refuses to acknowledge an obvious truth. But the denial of social realities—whether incest, alcoholism, corruption, or even genocide—is no fairy tale. In The Elephant in the Room, E |