All The Rage: space
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
The theme for the March 2008 issue of All The Rage is ’space’. Lots of great stuff as ever; by bit is all about behavioural science, personal space, and desks.
It was Desmond Morris, a leading figure in the movement to bring animal behaviourism to bear on human society, who observed in The Naked Ape that busy executives like to urinate on their desks. Not literally (as a rule), only symbolically. When a human being puts ‘markers’ of personal significance such as photographs, ornaments or nameplates, around their environment, Morris argues, ‘it is the exact equivalent to anotherterritorial species depositing its personal scent on a landmark near its den’ by leaving traces of urine.
Hurry to the All The Rage site and open the PDF of this month’s issue. It’s very good indeed.
