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Title: Pentagon Of Power : The Myth Of The Machine, Vol. II by Lewis Mumford ISBN: 0156716100 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: March, 1974 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: A Prophetic piece of work?
Comment: A truely brilliant piece of work.A must read, almost as prophetic as Huxley's "Brave new world".
Rating: 5
Summary: Rage Against the Mega-Machine
Comment: Nobody writes like this anymore. I hadn't expected the eminent urban historian to write such a brilliant paranoiac tract against the System and Established Order. Although often redundant, Mumford makes a heroic attempt at explaining the current problems of our times, with roots in the Middle Ages, and perhaps even the Age of the Pyramids. He echoes contempories like Herbert Marcuse, Erich Fromm and Marshall McLuhan, but instead of taking a Marxist, psychological or media perspective, he takes the more general view of an urbanist. The arguments are quite paralell, although considerably more holistic at times. One recognizes critiques that were earlier or later articulated by not only Marxists, but also feminists, environmentalists, and anti-Imperialists. There are also anticipations of the New Age Movement! (See Fitjof Capra's "the Turning Point.")In short, this massive volume impressively combines much historical and cultural material in its critique of Modern Western Civilization. Although the tone of the book is quite bleak -- we would all appear to be trapped in this Megamachine, the High Technology of the Power Elites -- one also senses a hope towards last chapters that an alternative is possible. He seems to suggest a New Age style withdrawal, rather than any kind of organized resistance. Draw your own conclusions.
Rating: 5
Summary: A damn good read
Comment: I can't really be bothered to say much. Basically, if this sort of subject is the kind of thing that appeals to you then I suppose you should read it. If you really want to.
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Title: Technics & Civilization by Lewis Mumford ISBN: 015688254X Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: September, 1990 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: TheCity in History : Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects by Lewis Mumford ISBN: 0156180359 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: October, 1968 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
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Title: Condition Of Man by Mumford Lewis ISBN: 0156215500 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: March, 1973 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: TheCulture of Cities by Lewis Mumford ISBN: 0156233010 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: October, 1970 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Religion of Technology: The Divinity of Man and the Spirit of Invention by David F. Noble ISBN: 0140279164 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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