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With the energies available through the royal machine, the dimensions of space
and time were vastly enlarged: operations that once could hardly have been
finished in centuries were now accomplished in less than a generation. On the
level ...
With the energies available through the royal machine, the dimensions of space
and time were vastly enlarged: operations that once could hardly have been
finished in centuries were now accomplished in less than a generation. On the
level ...
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great prerogative of this royal technics is speed: all the king's projects must be
executed within his own lifetime. Speed itself, in any operation, is a function of
effective power and in turn becomes one of the chief means of ostentatiously ...
great prerogative of this royal technics is speed: all the king's projects must be
executed within his own lifetime. Speed itself, in any operation, is a function of
effective power and in turn becomes one of the chief means of ostentatiously ...
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Recessives, 131 Reed, music-making, 114 Regularity, 177; economic
importance of, 272 Reign of terror, royal, 185 Religion, 69; as outgrowth of ritual,
62 Religions, Axial, 256; 'Mother Goddess,' [4]; sky-oriented, 174, 204 Religious ...
Recessives, 131 Reed, music-making, 114 Regularity, 177; economic
importance of, 272 Reign of terror, royal, 185 Religion, 69; as outgrowth of ritual,
62 Religions, Axial, 256; 'Mother Goddess,' [4]; sky-oriented, 174, 204 Religious ...
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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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