The Myth of the Machine: The pentagon of powerHarcourt, Brace & World, 1970 - Technology and civilization |
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... whole bent of mind pointed rather in the opposite direction - toward an increase of choices and voluntary initiatives . What made ' Looking Backward ' a best seller in its day - 139,000 copies of the American edition were sold in the ...
... whole bent of mind pointed rather in the opposite direction - toward an increase of choices and voluntary initiatives . What made ' Looking Backward ' a best seller in its day - 139,000 copies of the American edition were sold in the ...
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... whole had only begun to coalesce . The notion that mechanical progress was in itself a liberating influence had remained unchallenged , on the whole , throughout the nineteenth cen- tury , except by ' romantics ' like Delacroix , Ruskin ...
... whole had only begun to coalesce . The notion that mechanical progress was in itself a liberating influence had remained unchallenged , on the whole , throughout the nineteenth cen- tury , except by ' romantics ' like Delacroix , Ruskin ...
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... whole fabric of historic civilization and begin all over again on an entirely fresh foundation . Unfortunately that ' fresh ' foundation , as envisaged by such revolutionary groups , includes the forms of mass communication , mass ...
... whole fabric of historic civilization and begin all over again on an entirely fresh foundation . Unfortunately that ' fresh ' foundation , as envisaged by such revolutionary groups , includes the forms of mass communication , mass ...
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CONTENTS | 3 |
THE STORY OF UTOPIAS 1922 | 7 |
THE GOLDEN DAY 1926 | 46 |
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