Word: environmental
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The theory starts with this : what happens to social systems is not the result of men's ideas (which would be "idealism"), but the result of "material" environment. That is, social systems change primarily because of "objective" influences and not "subjective" influences (whereby people get the idea of making...
First of the two angles is literary history; it places greatest emphasis on the subject's environment, considering contemporary social, economic, and political influences. The Department of History and Literature was created for this purpose. There is an extreme, however: the field of American literature is often ridiculed for over...
Tucked off in a corner of the Biology Lab, the group has plunged into the occult science of "psycho-kinesis." This study touches on the possibility that "the physical environment can be affected by other than known physical means."
Light is studied in the same way. Since human eyes get tired when forced to adapt themselves continually to contrasts of brightness and dimness, lighting experts are trying to tone down the bright spots and light up the dim spots. A properly lighted room, by modern standards, is apt to...
Thus far, the new architectural doctrines have been used chiefly in factories and office buildings. Houses are still pretty oldfashioned, partly because people don't want their homes to "look funny." Also, houses present a more difficult problem. People do a wide variety of things in their houses, and...