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Pentagon Of Power: The Myth Of The Machine, Vol. II

Pentagon Of Power: The Myth Of The Machine, Vol. II

Current price: $40.00
Publication Date: March 20th, 1974
Publisher:
Mariner Books
ISBN:
9780156716109
Pages:
544
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Description

In 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.

About the Author

Lewis Mumford (1895-1990) was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1955 and received the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. He is the author of The City in History, The Culture of Cities, Condition of Man, Interpretations and Forecasts, and Sketches from Life.