Pain, Pleasure, and the Greater Good: From the Panopticon to the Skinner Box and Beyond
by Cathy Gere
Cathy Gere explores the changing meanings of pain, pleasure, discipline, and the greater good. From the Panopticon to the Skinner box and beyond, this book examines influential ways of understanding behavior, control, and social improvement across intellectual history.
About This Book
Pain, Pleasure, and the Greater Good examines how ideas about suffering, reward, behavior, and social improvement have developed over time.
Cathy Gere connects the Panopticon and the Skinner box as influential frameworks for thinking about discipline, conditioning, and human conduct.
The book considers the relationship between individual experience and broader efforts to define and pursue the greater good.
It offers a wide-ranging exploration of concepts at the intersection of intellectual history, philosophy, psychology, and social thought.
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