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

One reviewer said 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."[1]

Reviews

The book was reviewed by various commentators.[2][3]

References

  1. staff (March 16, 1964). "THE NAKED SOCIETY by Vance Packard". kirkusreviews.com. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  2. Schwartz, Alan U. (Jan 1965). "The Naked Society by Vance Packard". Harvard Law Review. 78 (3): 701–705. doi:10.2307/1339131. JSTOR 1339131.
  3. 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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