Technics and Civilization

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Tracing machine age’s social impact over 1000 years.

Recommendation: "Technics and Civilization" is an eye-opening, thought-provoking read that delves deep into the origins of modern technology. Lewis Mumford's in-depth research on the history of culture, philosophy, and science provides a unique perspective on the moral, economic, and political choices that have led to our present-day industrially-driven economy. This book is a must-read for those interested in understanding the impact of technology on society and how it continues to shape our world today.

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Technics and Civilization

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ISBN: 9780226550275
Date of Publication: 2010-10-30
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.31
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Technics and Civilization first presented its compelling history of the machine and critical study of its effects on civilization in 1934—before television, the personal computer, and the Internet even appeared on our periphery. Drawing upon art, science, philosophy, and the history of culture, Lewis Mumford explained the origin of the machine age and traced its social results, asserting that the development of modern technology had its roots in the Middle Ages rather than the Industrial Revolution. Mumford sagely argued that it was the moral, economic, and political choices we made, not the machines that we used, that determined our then industrially driven economy. Equal parts powerful history and polemic criticism, Technics and Civilization was the first comprehensive attempt in English to portray the development of the machine age over the last thousand years—and to predict the pull the technological still holds over us today.  “ The questions posed in the first paragraph of Technics and Civilization still deserve our attention, nearly three quarters of a century after they were written.”— Journal of Technology and Culture
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Tracing machine age’s social impact over 1000 years.

Recommendation: "Technics and Civilization" is an eye-opening, thought-provoking read that delves deep into the origins of modern technology. Lewis Mumford's in-depth research on the history of culture, philosophy, and science provides a unique perspective on the moral, economic, and political choices that have led to our present-day industrially-driven economy. This book is a must-read for those interested in understanding the impact of technology on society and how it continues to shape our world today.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.