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The original purpose of ritual was to create order and meaning where none
existed; to affirm them when they had been achieved; to restore them when they
were lost. What an old-fashioned rationalist would regard as 'meaningless ritual'
was ...
The original purpose of ritual was to create order and meaning where none
existed; to affirm them when they had been achieved; to restore them when they
were lost. What an old-fashioned rationalist would regard as 'meaningless ritual'
was ...
Page 141
Even if, instead, the round gourd could be plausibly regarded as the original
model, that fruit, too, came within woman's province. Protection, storage,
enclosure, accumulation, continuity — these contributions of neolithic culture
largely stem ...
Even if, instead, the round gourd could be plausibly regarded as the original
model, that fruit, too, came within woman's province. Protection, storage,
enclosure, accumulation, continuity — these contributions of neolithic culture
largely stem ...
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The main features of this process of rationalization were elegantly embodied in
the original building plans for the monastery of St. Gall, which have survived the
dilapidation and destruction of the original complex of buildings. With the ...
The main features of this process of rationalization were elegantly embodied in
the original building plans for the monastery of St. Gall, which have survived the
dilapidation and destruction of the original complex of buildings. With the ...
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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 Volume 208 of A Harvest Book |
| Author | Lewis Mumford |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967 |
| Length | 342 pages |
| Subjects | Civilization Social change Technology and civilization |
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