Book · 2002 · Biography & Autobiography
The Father of Spin
Edward L. Bernays and The Birth of Public Relations
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The book The Father of Spin is a is a a fine book if you want to learn more about the guy. Um, but I feel like this is uh enough to know about Edward Bernese.
Why people recommend it
The Father of Spin by Larry Tye is a biographical work examining the life and career of Edward Bernays, the pioneer of public relations and modern corporate propaganda. On the podcast Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans recommended the book to listeners seeking a deeper understanding of Bernays, praising it as a balanced look at the man, even if the author ultimately arrived at a somewhat more positive conclusion than the podcast. Evans utilized Tye's research to detail Bernays's early promotional campaigns, such as working with medical journals to discourage women from wearing restrictive corsets and to encourage shower baths. The book also provided insight into Bernays's personal relationships, noting that his wife Doris was an early pioneer for women's rights, though insisting on retaining her maiden name was driven largely by Bernays himself rather than her own desires. Additionally, Evans cited Tye's work to explain how Bernays engineered campaigns against sweets by enlisting friendly artists and photographers to praise thinness, setting the stage for cigarette companies to market their products as alternatives to candy. Through these examples, Evans demonstrated how Bernays shaped modern consumer culture using psychological manipulation.
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Robert Evans The book The Father of Spin is a is a a fine book if you want to learn more about the guy. Um, but I feel l… 5
“The book The Father of Spin is a is a a fine book if you want to learn more about the guy. Um, but I feel like this is uh enough to know about Edward Bernese.”
“Next, according to the father of spin by Larry Tai, quote, "They use the medical review to argue against women wearing corsets with stays and to encourage shower baths.”
“So what I'm going to quote again from the book The Father of Spin. Quote, "Doris also was a pioneer for women's rights, but winning the right to use her maiden name wasn't one of her proudest achievements.”
“So I'm going to quote again from the father of spin. Bernese launched the campaign against sweets with his triedand-true tactic of enlisting experts in this case convincing Nicholas Murray a photographer friend to ask other photographers and artists to sing the praises of the thin.”
“You can find this podcast on the internet at behindthebastards.com where we will have all of these sources for this uh episode including the wonderful book the father of spin which is a really good and balanced look at Bernay's although he comes to a bit more positive of a conclusion on the guy than uh than we are in”
