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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Stivers, Richard. Technology as magic. New York : Continuum, 1999 (OCoLC)607307765 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Stivers |
| ISBN: | 0826412114 9780826412119 0826413676 9780826413673 |
| OCLC Number: | 41156480 |
| Description: | viii, 240 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: The Paradox of Technology and Magic -- Both Technology and Magic -- Ellul's Theory of the Three Milieus -- Magic in the Three Milieus -- Dramatized Information: The Basis of Psychological Magic -- The Disintegration of Discourse -- Atomistic Words and Phrases -- Commonplace Expressions, Slogans, and Cliches -- Visual Images in the Media -- Symbolism in the Milieu of Technology -- Statistical Information: The Basis of Administrative Magic -- Statistics Everywhere -- Statistics: Moral and Normal -- Equality: Statistical and Social -- Magical Numbers, Magical Words, Magical Images -- The Mass Media as Magic -- The Fabrication of Images -- The Culture of Advertising -- Technological Utopianism: Myth and Ritual of an Advertising Culture -- Magic in the Media -- Therapy, Self-Help, and Positive Thinking as Magic -- Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, and Clinical Social Work -- Self-Help and Positive Thinking -- The Effectiveness of Therapy -- Therapy as Magic -- Why the Individual and Society Need Therapy -- Management as Magic -- A Brief History of Management -- Contemporary Management Theories and Practices -- The Relation between Managerial Technique and Success -- Management as Magic -- Why Society and the Individual Need Management -- The Triumph of the Irrational -- The Failure of Education -- Irrationality and Freedom. |
| Responsibility: | Richard Stivers. |
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