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Perel distinguishes questions about incident details from questions about meaning and motive; the surrounding passage explains how question choice affects the interaction.
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The State of AffairsEsther Perel · 64 weeks“mine the meanings and the motives…”
Esther Perel, The State of Affairs. Chapter 8, “To Tell or Not to Tell? The Politics of Secrecy and Revelation”. First edition, copyright 2017; supplied local ebook text. Research locator: U3-P094.
Perel distinguishes questions about incident details from questions about meaning and motive; the surrounding passage explains how question choice affects the interaction.
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Esther Perel, The State of Affairs. Chapter 8, “To Tell or Not to Tell? The Politics of Secrecy and Revelation”. First edition, copyright 2017; supplied local ebook text. Research locator: U3-P094.. Exact source words are separate from the editorial annotations on this page.
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First edition, copyright 2017; supplied local ebook text