Histories of Human Engineering: Tact and Technology
Download Histories of Human Engineering: Tact and Technology written by Maarten Derksen in PDF format. This book is under the category History and bearing the isbn/isbn13 number 1107057434/9781107057432. You may reffer the table below for additional details of the book.
Specifications
| book-author | Maarten Derksen |
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| publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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| file-type | PDF |
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| pages | 268 pages |
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| language | English |
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| asin | B071V8ZD2Y |
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| isbn10 | 1107057434 |
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| isbn13 | 9781107057432 |
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Book Description
The dream of control over human behavior is an old dream; shared by many cultures. In Derksen’s Histories of Human Engineering: Tact and Technology (PDF); this fascinating account of the histories of human engineering describes how technologies of managing groups and individuals were developed from the 19th century to the present day; ranging from brainwashing and mind control to Dale Carnegie’s art of dealing with people. Derksen reveals that common to all of them is the perpetual tension between the desire to control people’s behavior and the resistance this provokes. Thus to influence other people successfully; technology had to be combined with tact: with a subtle hint; with a personal touch; or with outright deception; manipulations are made invisible or palatable. Combining psychological history and theory with insights from technology and science studies and rhetorical scholarship; Derksen offers a fresh perspective on human engineering that will appeal to those interested in the history of technology and the history of psychology.
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