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6: CIVILIZATION AND 'CIVILIZATION' / With kingship, power as an abstraction,
power as an end in itself, became the chief identifying mark of 'civilization,' as
opposed to all the earlier norms and forms of culture. Civilization, still often used
as a ...
6: CIVILIZATION AND 'CIVILIZATION' / With kingship, power as an abstraction,
power as an end in itself, became the chief identifying mark of 'civilization,' as
opposed to all the earlier norms and forms of culture. Civilization, still often used
as a ...
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From the beginning, make no doubt, the weight of the megamachine itself was
the chief burden of civilization: not merely did it turn daily work into a grievous
penalty, but it diminished the psychal rewards that compensate the hunters,
farmers, ...
From the beginning, make no doubt, the weight of the megamachine itself was
the chief burden of civilization: not merely did it turn daily work into a grievous
penalty, but it diminished the psychal rewards that compensate the hunters,
farmers, ...
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Thus the greater the tensions and the harsher the daily repressions of civilization,
the more useful war became as a safety valve. Finally, war performed another
function that was even more indispensable, if my hypothetical connection ...
Thus the greater the tensions and the harsher the daily repressions of civilization,
the more useful war became as a safety valve. Finally, war performed another
function that was even more indispensable, if my hypothetical connection ...
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Contents
PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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| Title | The Myth of the Machine: Technics and human development Volume 1 of The Myth of the Machine, Lewis Mumford The Myth of the Machine; Technics and Human Development, Lewis Mumford |
| Author | Lewis Mumford |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 342 pages |
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