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But this outburst of energy was subjected to a set of institutional controls and
physical compulsions that had never existed before, and these controls rested
upon an ideology and a myth which perhaps had their faint beginnings in the
magical ...
But this outburst of energy was subjected to a set of institutional controls and
physical compulsions that had never existed before, and these controls rested
upon an ideology and a myth which perhaps had their faint beginnings in the
magical ...
Page 199
The first was incorporated in the priesthood, without whose active aid the
institution of divine kingship could not have come into existence: the second, in a
bureaucracy. Both were hierarchical organizations at whose apex stood the high
priest ...
The first was incorporated in the priesthood, without whose active aid the
institution of divine kingship could not have come into existence: the second, in a
bureaucracy. Both were hierarchical organizations at whose apex stood the high
priest ...
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The spinal principle of democracy is the perception that the traits and needs and
interests that all men share have a superior claim to those put forward by any
special organization, institution, or group. This is not to deny the claims of
superior ...
The spinal principle of democracy is the perception that the traits and needs and
interests that all men share have a superior claim to those put forward by any
special organization, institution, or group. This is not to deny the claims of
superior ...
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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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