The Human Motor: Energy, Fatigue, and the Origins of Modernity

The Human Motor: Energy, Fatigue, and the Origins of Modernity

Science once had an unshakable faith in its ability to bring the forces of natureâ€”even human natureâ€”under control. In this wide-ranging book Anson Rabinbach examines how developments in physics, biology, medicine, psychology, politics, and art employed the metaphor of the working body as a human motor.

From nineteenth-century theories of thermodynamics and political economy to the twentieth-century ideals of Taylorism and Fordism, Rabinbach demonstrates how the utopian obsession with energy and fatigue shaped social thought across the ideological spectrum.
Country USA
Brand University of California Press
Manufacturer University of California Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 26 b&w illustrations
ReleaseDate 1992-01-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780520078277

Country	USA
Brand	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	26 b&w illustrations
ReleaseDate	1992-01-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780520078277

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