The Naked Society

The Naked Society
First edition
Author Vance Packard
Country United States
Subject Privacy
Publisher David McKay Publications
Publication date
 1964
Pages 369

The Naked Society is a 1964 book on privacy by Vance Packard. The book argues that changes in technology are encroaching on privacy and could create a society in the future with radically different privacy standards.

Summary

It was the first book, to raise the question of how technological change is making observation of individuals lives, tastes, opinions and actions easier to observe and monitor. It argues that privacy is worth defending. [1]

The technologies of concern at the time of publication were such things as hidden microphones, concealed cameras, and the polygraph lie detector.[2]

The likely snoopers were seen as the state, big business, and education..

One reviewer summarized the book by saying that it "is concerned with all the peeping tomfoolery which is going on today and the various ways in which we are exposed and thereby victimized."[3]

Reviews

The book was reviewed by various commentators.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Bishop, Joseph (1 Jan 1964). "Book Review: The Naked Society". The Yale Law Journal. Yale Law School Legal Scholarship Repository. Vol. 74: 194–199.
  2. ↑ "The Naked Society – Ig Publishing". igpub.com. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  3. ↑ staff (March 16, 1964). "THE NAKED SOCIETY by Vance Packard". kirkusreviews.com. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Schwartz, Alan U. (Jan 1965). "The Naked Society by Vance Packard". Harvard Law Review. 78 (3): 701–705. doi:10.2307/1339131. JSTOR 1339131.
  5. ↑ Taylor, Telford (March 1965). "The Privacy Invaders, Myron Brenton The Naked Society, Vance Packard". Political Science Quarterly. 80 (1): 161–164. doi:10.2307/2147211.
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