Explanation and Power: The Control of Human Behavior

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

EXPLANATION AND POWER This page intentionally left blank EXPLANATION AND POWER The Control of Human Behavior Morse Peckham UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS • MINNEAPOLIS Copyright © 1979 by Morse Peckham All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 2037 University Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis, MN 55414. Published simultaneously in Canada by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited, Markham. Printed in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging­in­Publication Data Peckham, Morse. Explanation and power : the control of human behavior / Morse Peckham. p. cm. Reprint. Originally published: New York : Seabury Press, © 1979. Includes index. ISBN 0­8166­1657­4 (pbk.) 1. Meaning (Psychology) 2. Psycholinguistics. 3. Personality. 4. Culture. 5. Social conditions. 6. Human behavior. I. Title. [BF455.P354 1988] 401'.9­de 19 87­24220 CIP The University of Minnesota is an equal­opportunity educator and employer For Robert L. Stewart This page intentionally left blank I thought of turning honest — what a dream! Robert Browning Why does a man write? Because he does not possess enough character not to write. Karl Kraus This page intentionally left blank ...