Cultures of Control

. Ed(s): Levin, Miriam R.

ISBN 10: 9058230120 / ISBN 13: 9789058230126

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2000

About this Item

This collection of essays explores the history of control by looking at a variety of cultural forms, practices and beliefs. These ideas are examined in the light of the possibilities which control technologies seem to offer for resolving human problems. Editor(s): Levin, Miriam R. Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. Num Pages: 303 pages, 22 b&w halftones, 3 line drawings, figures, index. BIC Classification: JHM; PDR; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240. Weight in Grams: 658. . 2000. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cultures of Control
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9058230120
• ISBN 13: 9789058230126
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This collection of essays explores the history of control by looking at a variety of cultural forms, practices, and beliefs. These ideas are examined critically, not only in the light of the possibilities which control technologies seem to offer for resolving human problems, but also the contradictory moral, political, and economic consequences they have had. The discussion takes into account the important modes in which humans have cast their organizational efforts: political, social, sychological, economic, and legal. It also takes a longue durée view of the history of control, looking back to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and establishes the continuities in the twentieth century as a transatlantic phenomenon.

About the Author

Levin, Miriam R.