The Future of Technics & Civilization
- ISBN-10
- 0900384328
- ISBN-13
- 9780900384325
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 184
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Publisher
- Freedom Press (CA)
- Author
- Lewis Mumford
Description
A brilliant survey of our response to changing technology, which sets out the prerequisites for a rational use of our discoveries and inventions as a means of human liberation rather than enslavement.
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