The Pentagon of Power, Volume 2In 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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The cult of the Sun God gave the ultimate authority of cosmic fitness and
Tightness to every earthly manifestation of order, regularity, predictability, and —
because of the sun's own position and influence — of centralized power. Behind
this cult ...
The cult of the Sun God gave the ultimate authority of cosmic fitness and
Tightness to every earthly manifestation of order, regularity, predictability, and —
because of the sun's own position and influence — of centralized power. Behind
this cult ...
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True, these organic properties emerge only at later stages of cosmic
development, and become visible only through the human mind at its highest
point of evolution. Though undetectable and unrecognizable in the earliest state,
the properties ...
True, these organic properties emerge only at later stages of cosmic
development, and become visible only through the human mind at its highest
point of evolution. Though undetectable and unrecognizable in the earliest state,
the properties ...
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Explosives would reach cosmic violence. Disintegration would overcome
integration." Those who may have followed my writings since 1940 will already
have read these prescient words, later published in the collection of Adams'
letters.
Explosives would reach cosmic violence. Disintegration would overcome
integration." Those who may have followed my writings since 1940 will already
have read these prescient words, later published in the collection of Adams'
letters.
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