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Lewis Mumford. 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 ...
Lewis Mumford. 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 ...
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... civilization , the more useful war became as a safety valve . Finally , war performed another function that was even more indispensable , if my hypothetical connection between anxiety , human sacrifice , and war prove defensible . War ...
... civilization , the more useful war became as a safety valve . Finally , war performed another function that was even more indispensable , if my hypothetical connection between anxiety , human sacrifice , and war prove defensible . War ...
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... civilization , as the ' Dialogues on Suicide ' I have cited show : they either maintained estates in the countryside , where they would reside periodically , or , when the whole complex political apparatus broke down , would take refuge ...
... civilization , as the ' Dialogues on Suicide ' I have cited show : they either maintained estates in the countryside , where they would reside periodically , or , when the whole complex political apparatus broke down , would take refuge ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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