Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Human Resources: Social Engineering in the 20th Century (Scott Noble, 2011: 119 mins)

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Human Resources explores the rise of mechanistic philosophy and the exploitation of human beings under modern hierarchical systems. Topics covered include behaviorism, scientific management, work-place democracy, schooling, frustration-aggression hypothesis and human experimentation.

Sources:

Anarcho -- Anti-Capitalism or State Capitalism?

Beissinger, Mark R. -- Scientific Management, socialist discipline and Soviet power

Chang, Iris -- the Rape of Nanking

Cockburn, Alex and St. Claire, Jeffrey -- Whiteout: The CIA, drugs and the press

Gatto, John Taylor -- The Underground History of American Education; Dumbing Us Down

Goliszek, Andrew -- In the name of science

Klein, Naomi -- The Shock Doctrine

Kohn, Alfie -- What does it mean to be well-educated?; No contest: the case against competition

Lemov, Rebecca -- World as Laboratory: Experiments with mice, mazes and men

Noble, David -- Forces of Production: a social history of industrial automation

Ritzer, George -- The McDonaldization of Society

Shepherd, Harold & Herrick, Neil -- Where Have All the Robots Gone?

Smith, Sharon -- Subterranean Fire: A History of working class radicalism

Szulc, Tad -- The CIA's Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

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