Establishing a distinct field of knowledge characterized as Secrecy Studies.The objectives of Secrecy and Society include: Secrecy and Society also peers into the ‘‘secrecy process,’’ described by Tefft (1980, 37) as the ‘‘tensions and/or conflicts between the secret holder (holders) and outsiders that necessitate concealment.’’ As secrecy conceals “potentially embarrassing disclosures, forbidden acts, illegality, inefficiency, evasion of responsibility, and corruption” (Simmel 1950), the secrecy process is of “potential value in examining practices and rituals of secret societies (Tefft 1992, 181), and those groups and organizations that rely on the secrecy worker. We acknowledge that ‘‘secrecy is a property of information’’ (Scheppele 1988, 12) as well as recognize the critical importance of the ‘‘professional secret, confessional secret, military secret/political secret, the secret police, the secret in novels, etc., all the semantics of the secret’’ (Derrida & Ferraris 2001, 75). Secrecy and Society is an interdisciplinary journal that encourages scholarship on the problem of secrecy as either the intentional or nonintentional concealment of information. This journal provides a forum for scholars, decision makers, and the public to examine secrecy in all its manifestations.Above all, Secrecy and Society focuses on the enduring ‘‘charm of secrecy’’ (Simmel 1906, 465). We are also interested in scientific research oriented to secrecy in the natural world. Secrecy and Society publishes work in the humanities, business, law, public policy, and the social sciences. ![]() ![]() In order to take on richer explorations of secrecy, we are interested in various conditions of information related to secrecy such as censorship, propaganda, privacy, surveillance, informed consent, and conspiracy theory. Secrecy and Society explores secrecy at the intersections of theory, definition, language, praxis, and culture. Secrecy and Society is an interdisciplinary, peer reviewed open access journal that welcomes works written by scholars across fields and disciplines on the subject of secrecy as the intentional/nonintentional concealment of information.
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