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The pentagon of power

Name: The pentagon of power
Author: Lewis Mumford

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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.

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Technology
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Technology, social aspects
Technology and civilization
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