The Myth of the Machine, Volume 2Shows that man himself has from the beginning been and still is the central fact of human life today. |
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... Pyramid Age . But four centuries were needed before the great pharaonic invention of the Pyramid Age , the megamachine , could be assembled again . The association of the new astronomy with the revival of divine king- ship and ...
... Pyramid Age . But four centuries were needed before the great pharaonic invention of the Pyramid Age , the megamachine , could be assembled again . The association of the new astronomy with the revival of divine king- ship and ...
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... Pyramid Age was devoted to pyramid building itself , including the extensive mortuary cities that were necessary to ensure the performance of the required rituals . But this ancient power complex likewise produced masterpieces of ...
... Pyramid Age was devoted to pyramid building itself , including the extensive mortuary cities that were necessary to ensure the performance of the required rituals . But this ancient power complex likewise produced masterpieces of ...
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Lewis Mumford. CHAPTER ELEVEN The Megatechnic Wasteland 1 : AIR - CONDITIONED PYRAMIDS Though the Pyramid Age had a static conception of Heaven , its dynamism was as methodical and relentless as that of our own technocratic age . Each ...
Lewis Mumford. CHAPTER ELEVEN The Megatechnic Wasteland 1 : AIR - CONDITIONED PYRAMIDS Though the Pyramid Age had a static conception of Heaven , its dynamism was as methodical and relentless as that of our own technocratic age . Each ...
Contents
NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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abstract accepted achieved activities actually already ancient authority automatic automation became become beginning brought century civilization collective communication complex continued culture demands Descartes destruction direct economy effect effort energy environment equally established existence experience exploration fact final forces functions further future give human idea improvements increase industrial institutions intelligence invention knowledge later least less limited living machine man's mass material means mechanical megamachine megatechnics merely method military mind mode moral nature necessary never objective observed once operation organic original past perhaps physical possible power system practical present production progress proved reality remained result scientific scientists seemed sense single social society space subjective success sufficient symbolic taken technical thought tion turn ultimate United universal whole world picture York