The Myth of the Machine: The pentagon of powerHarcourt, Brace & World, 1970 - Technology and civilization |
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Page 150
... military preoccupations rather than those of the current industrial arts , with their cut - and - try methods ; and this influence was so universal that the roles of the military , the civil , and the mechanical engineer were at first ...
... military preoccupations rather than those of the current industrial arts , with their cut - and - try methods ; and this influence was so universal that the roles of the military , the civil , and the mechanical engineer were at first ...
Page 250
... military spirit of brutal drill and mindless obedience was carried into the schools and universities , where , as had been proved during the First World War , it had never been entirely absent since Fichte's day . In short , the Germans ...
... military spirit of brutal drill and mindless obedience was carried into the schools and universities , where , as had been proved during the First World War , it had never been entirely absent since Fichte's day . In short , the Germans ...
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... military use for , 259 ; modernization of , 246 ; nature of , 240 ; new components of , 274 ; properties of , 241 ; reassemblage of , 244 ; Russian , 246-248 , 256-257 , 270 , 271 , 272 , 308 ; scientific contribu- tion to , 248 ...
... military use for , 259 ; modernization of , 246 ; nature of , 240 ; new components of , 274 ; properties of , 241 ; reassemblage of , 244 ; Russian , 246-248 , 256-257 , 270 , 271 , 272 , 308 ; scientific contribu- tion to , 248 ...
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CONTENTS | 3 |
THE STORY OF UTOPIAS 1922 | 7 |
THE GOLDEN DAY 1926 | 46 |
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