''So Human an Animal: How We Are Shaped by Surroundings and Events'', is a book written by

René Dubos René Jules Dubos (February 20, 1901 – February 20, 1982) was a French-American microbiologist, experimental pathologist, environmentalist, humanist, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for his book ''So Human An Animal ...

and published by Scribner in 1968. It won the 1969

Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction The Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are awarded annually for the "Letters, Drama, and Music" category. The award is given to a nonfiction book written by an American author and published duri ...

Themes

In the book, Dubos, a microbiologist and pathologist, explores the thesis that technology is dehumanizing us and that science needs to be humanized. In his 1976 book ''The Existential Pleasures of Engineering'', American engineer and writer

Samuel C. Florman Samuel C. Florman (born January 19, 1925) is an American civil engineer, general contractor and author. He is best known for his writings and speeches about engineering, technology and the general culture. The most widely distributed of his seve ...

identifies this book as "an important feature of the

antitechnology Neo-Luddism or new Luddism is a philosophy opposing many forms of modern technology. The term Luddite is generally used as a pejorative applied to people showing technophobic leanings. The name is based on the historical legacy of the English Lud ...

crusade".

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* 1968 non-fiction books Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction-winning works {{psych-book-stub