The Myth of the Machine: The pentagon of powerHarcourt, Brace & World, 1970 - Technology and civilization |
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Page 167
... power complex originally had their place and performed their indispen- sable functions . What the power complex did was to wrench these separate components from their organic matrix and enclose them in an isolated sub- system centered ...
... power complex originally had their place and performed their indispen- sable functions . What the power complex did was to wrench these separate components from their organic matrix and enclose them in an isolated sub- system centered ...
Page 292
... power system : it indicates , not a desirable end , accommoda- tion , but a pathological aberration , re - enforced by such rewards as this system bestows . As for the climactic notion that " the universe will be man's at last❞ — what ...
... power system : it indicates , not a desirable end , accommoda- tion , but a pathological aberration , re - enforced by such rewards as this system bestows . As for the climactic notion that " the universe will be man's at last❞ — what ...
Page 352
... power system from internal rebellion and external disruption are now lacking : the escape hatch , by migration , has closed and the internal modes of social control , based on widely shared values , orderly rituals , and supernatural ...
... power system from internal rebellion and external disruption are now lacking : the escape hatch , by migration , has closed and the internal modes of social control , based on widely shared values , orderly rituals , and supernatural ...
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CONTENTS | 3 |
THE STORY OF UTOPIAS 1922 | 7 |
THE GOLDEN DAY 1926 | 46 |
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