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This book is my bible. Written by the foremost social/urban philospher of the 20th century, Lewis Mumford identifies the driving forces of our society- quantity, speed and above all, the obsession with power as an ends in itself, then traces back these neurotic impulses to the first megamachine, the pyramid building civilization of ancient Egypt. In my opinion, this is the definitive voice on authoritarianism, the life cycle of civilization and materialism. Of everyone I've ever read, from Auden to Plath to Wilde to Orwell to Tolkien, there is no one I'd recommend above Lewis Mumford.
No better companion for guiding you through the Labyrnth by showing you how wee GOT HERE
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A fantastic, deep book about the issues of meaning facing our society in the modern age.
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