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INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY
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THE WORKER'S VIEW OF INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY THE WORKER'S VIEW OF INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY
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PLEBIAN PSYCHOLOGY PLEBIAN PSYCHOLOGY
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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SELLING THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SELLING
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PSYCHOLOGY AND BUSINESS PSYCHOLOGY AND BUSINESS
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INDUSTRY AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN RELATIONS INDUSTRY AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN RELATIONS
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THE HEALTH OF THE WORKER THE HEALTH OF THE WORKER
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THE WORKING CLASS AND THE PROBLEM OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID THE WORKING CLASS AND THE PROBLEM OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID
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CONCLUSION CONCLUSION
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5 Psychology and the Problem of Industrial Civilisation
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Published:May 2006
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Abstract
This chapter analyses a key context for the previous two: the problem of industrial civilization. Psychology’s role as a tool of control and measurement is downplayed, this time through a case study of industrial psychology, its limitations, and its pretensions to humanism. The chapter also opens up the subject of interest in psychology in business and advertising, showing that workers too were excited by psychology, not just in self-development, but also for thinking about class. Finally, the chapter considers the mounting concern about work-related psychosomatic illness; barriers to the acceptance of this presented by class and attitudes towards masculinity; and the role of a somatic language of nerves and injury, as well as a class critique of mechanization and capitalism in overcoming resistance.
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