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But magic itself long preserved an even more primitive characteristic of speech
derived from ritual: a large part of all magic formulae consists of a precise series
of nonsense syllables repeated ad nauseam. This is perhaps the buried bedrock
...
But magic itself long preserved an even more primitive characteristic of speech
derived from ritual: a large part of all magic formulae consists of a precise series
of nonsense syllables repeated ad nauseam. This is perhaps the buried bedrock
...
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The 'myth of the machine' would have been inconceivable, and its operations
impracticable, without the magic of language and the formidable increase in its
power and scope through the invention of writing. In acknowledging the critical ...
The 'myth of the machine' would have been inconceivable, and its operations
impracticable, without the magic of language and the formidable increase in its
power and scope through the invention of writing. In acknowledging the critical ...
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Magic, Science, and Religion. New York: 1948. Malinowski's handling of magic,
myth, and religion corrects the rationalist bias and lack of field experience of
Frazer without condescension or gratuitous disparagement. Coral Gardens and
Their ...
Magic, Science, and Religion. New York: 1948. Malinowski's handling of magic,
myth, and religion corrects the rationalist bias and lack of field experience of
Frazer without condescension or gratuitous disparagement. Coral Gardens and
Their ...
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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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