The Pentagon of PowerIn this concluding volume of The Myth of the Machine, Mumford brings to a head his radical revisions of the stale popular conceptions of human and technological progress. Far from being an attack on science and technics, The Pentagon of Power seeks to establish a more organic social order based on technological resources. Index; photographs. |
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... Pyramid Age . But four centuries were needed before the great pharaonic invention of the Pyramid Age , the megamachine , could be assembled again . The association of the new astronomy with the revival of divine king- ship and ...
... Pyramid Age . But four centuries were needed before the great pharaonic invention of the Pyramid Age , the megamachine , could be assembled again . The association of the new astronomy with the revival of divine king- ship and ...
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... Pyramid Age was devoted to pyramid building itself , including the extensive mortuary cities that were necessary to ensure the performance of the required rituals . But this ancient power complex likewise produced masterpieces of ...
... Pyramid Age was devoted to pyramid building itself , including the extensive mortuary cities that were necessary to ensure the performance of the required rituals . But this ancient power complex likewise produced masterpieces of ...
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Lewis Mumford. CHAPTER ELEVEN The Megatechnic Wasteland 1 : AIR - CONDITIONED PYRAMIDS Though the Pyramid Age had a static conception of Heaven , its dynamism was as methodical and relentless as that of our own technocratic age . Each ...
Lewis Mumford. CHAPTER ELEVEN The Megatechnic Wasteland 1 : AIR - CONDITIONED PYRAMIDS Though the Pyramid Age had a static conception of Heaven , its dynamism was as methodical and relentless as that of our own technocratic age . Each ...
Contents
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
POLITICAL ABSOLUTISM AND REGIMENTATION | 77 |
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