{"product_id":"the-signature-of-power-harold-d-lasswell-9781412857185","title":"The Signature of Power: Buildings, Communications, and Policy","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdvanced industrial societies are becoming aware of the impact of what they do to the physical and biological environment, and also what that environment does to individuals. In \u003cem\u003eThe Signature of Power\u003c\/em\u003e, Harold D. Lasswell examines the symbolic use people make of their surroundings and the complexity of the way they interpret an altered environment. Transformed habitats can change experiences and behaviours. All people seek to maximize their preferred events, such as power and wealth, when they use the environment--be it through glass skyscrapers or Gothic estates. In all cases, physical structures give expression to the perspectives of influential individuals and groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume considers the complex interplay between the material and the symbolic. Physical changes introduced for political purposes by architects, planners, and engineers are guided by the perspectives of designers. These and other interactions in human society are simultaneous acts of communication and collaboration. Regardless of whether physical resources are used to transmit messages, such interactions nevertheless have a degree of communicative impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhysical structures may be profoundly affected by the purposes, assumptions, and identities of those people who plan or change them. Environmental design, says Lasswell, is an instrument of political power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harold D. Lasswell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 141285718X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781412857185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Harold D. Lasswell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45265040539903,"sku":"9781412857185","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b120294-07ee-4742-bc6c-2c4f9b580f4a.jpg?v=1713419973","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-signature-of-power-harold-d-lasswell-9781412857185","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}