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... fantasies of the American military - industrial - scientific élite ' credible . ' Yet in the very act of countenancing destruction and massacre , war in all its disruptive spontaneity temporarily overcame the built - in limita- tions of ...
... fantasies of the American military - industrial - scientific élite ' credible . ' Yet in the very act of countenancing destruction and massacre , war in all its disruptive spontaneity temporarily overcame the built - in limita- tions of ...
Page 228
... fantasies , and psychotic breakdowns as those of Bronze Age kings . 5 : REACTIONS AGAINST the MEGAMACHINE From the beginning , the balance of mechanized power seems to have fallen on the side of destruction . In so far as the ...
... fantasies , and psychotic breakdowns as those of Bronze Age kings . 5 : REACTIONS AGAINST the MEGAMACHINE From the beginning , the balance of mechanized power seems to have fallen on the side of destruction . In so far as the ...
Page 330
... Fantasies , cosmic , 198 Farm worker , health of , 241 Farming , neolithic , [ 12 ] Fasting , Axial , 260 Fatigue , social uses of , 268 Feathers , 147 Feces , 109 Feeling , social importance of , 21 Felines , domestication of , 135 ...
... Fantasies , cosmic , 198 Farm worker , health of , 241 Farming , neolithic , [ 12 ] Fasting , Axial , 260 Fatigue , social uses of , 268 Feathers , 147 Feces , 109 Feeling , social importance of , 21 Felines , domestication of , 135 ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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