Word: mumford
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...MYTH OF THE MACHINE by Lewis Mumford. 342 pages. Harcourt, Brace & World...
...either surrendering its majesties to non-fiction or hybridizing with the new languages of symbolic communication. John Hersey's finest book, his seven novels notwithstanding, is still Hiroshima. Truman Capote freezes a murderous poetry into In Cold Blood. Rachel Carson's The Sea Around Us and Lewis Mumford's The City in History inherit the grace and freedom of the novel...
...Mega-Machine," Mumford explained in his deep, articulate rumble, "offers endless material abundance for all abundance beyond even the dreams of the Ford Foundation...
...awakening of youth, its internal revolt, is a sign of a healthy defiance," Mumford said. "The weird haircuts, the outlandish dress announce their refusal to have anything to do with a slick, mech...
...according to Mumford this rebellion has been expressed in the "language anized, automated world." of the body, a language all creature resort to when they have no words to express themselves...