The Myth of the Machine: Technics and human developmentFor contents, see Author Catalog. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 45
Page 12
... divine command and ruthless military coercion , a large population was made to endure grinding poverty and forced labor at mind - dulling repetitive tasks in order to insure " Life , Prosperity , and Health " for the divine or semi- divine ...
... divine command and ruthless military coercion , a large population was made to endure grinding poverty and forced labor at mind - dulling repetitive tasks in order to insure " Life , Prosperity , and Health " for the divine or semi- divine ...
Page 170
... divine kingship , was the product of a coalition between the tribute - exacting hunting chief- tain and the keepers of an important religious shrine . Without that com- bination , without that sanction , without that luminous elevation ...
... divine kingship , was the product of a coalition between the tribute - exacting hunting chief- tain and the keepers of an important religious shrine . Without that com- bination , without that sanction , without that luminous elevation ...
Page 176
... divine right , ' for the king was a necessary executioner of the gods ' decrees , as well as the chief agent for establishing great collective enterprises such as the building of cities and canal systems . Significantly , it was during ...
... divine right , ' for the king was a necessary executioner of the gods ' decrees , as well as the chief agent for establishing great collective enterprises such as the building of cities and canal systems . Significantly , it was during ...
Contents
PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
Copyright | |
11 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
achieved activities advances ancient animal association became become beginning body brain called cave century cities civilization collective command complex continued culture divine domestication dream earlier earliest early economy effective effort environment equally established evidence existence experience expression fact forces functions further hand human hunting important improvement increase institution interpretation invention kind king kingship knowledge labor language later least less limited living machine magic man's material means mechanical megamachine merely MICHIGAN military mind myth nature neolithic never noted observation once operations organization original paleolithic performed perhaps period personality physical plants play possible practice present primitive production reason recorded remained ritual seems sexual significant social society speech stone symbolic technical thousand tion took turn universal village whole York