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... collective mechanisms like the radio and television , and let a machine do our dreaming for us . But in childhood and adolescence , the dream still often dominates us , flowing into waking life so actively that the self - absorbed ...
... collective mechanisms like the radio and television , and let a machine do our dreaming for us . But in childhood and adolescence , the dream still often dominates us , flowing into waking life so actively that the self - absorbed ...
Page 188
... collective enterprises , I shall call it the ' labor machine ' : when applied to acts of collective coercion and destruction , it deserves the title , used even today , the ' military machine . ' But when all the components , political ...
... collective enterprises , I shall call it the ' labor machine ' : when applied to acts of collective coercion and destruction , it deserves the title , used even today , the ' military machine . ' But when all the components , political ...
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... collective effort . That magical power far outweighs the lure of economic gain . In those later cases where such ... collective anxiety that the ritual of human sacrifice had sought to appease . And as communal anxiety increased , it ...
... collective effort . That magical power far outweighs the lure of economic gain . In those later cases where such ... collective anxiety that the ritual of human sacrifice had sought to appease . And as communal anxiety increased , it ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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