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... ideology went a corresponding regimentation and degradation of once - autonomous human activities : ' mass culture ' and ' mass control ' made their first appearance . With mordant symbolism , the ultimate products of the megamachine in ...
... ideology went a corresponding regimentation and degradation of once - autonomous human activities : ' mass culture ' and ' mass control ' made their first appearance . With mordant symbolism , the ultimate products of the megamachine in ...
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... ideology es- sential even to current automation . What would now be called science was an integral part of the new machine system from the beginning . This orderly knowledge , which was based on cosmic regularities , flourished , as we ...
... ideology es- sential even to current automation . What would now be called science was an integral part of the new machine system from the beginning . This orderly knowledge , which was based on cosmic regularities , flourished , as we ...
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... ideology , 17th- century , 277 Scientific language , as rit- ual formula , 92 Scientists , specialized , 199 Schoolcraft , Henry , 124 ' Scorpion , ' 214 Screw , invention of , 245 Sculpture , cave , 121 ; mam- moth ivory , 122 Secrecy ...
... ideology , 17th- century , 277 Scientific language , as rit- ual formula , 92 Scientists , specialized , 199 Schoolcraft , Henry , 124 ' Scorpion , ' 214 Screw , invention of , 245 Sculpture , cave , 121 ; mam- moth ivory , 122 Secrecy ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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