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London Zoo, Commercial Television, and Primate Ethology from the Launch of ITV to The Naked Ape
This thesis argues that the foundations for a new vision of human nature as a composite of apish instincts overlaid by a thin veneer of culture - of ‘man’, ‘the naked ape’ - were built on British commercial television. It highlights TV as a major arena of science and cultural politics, while also …