The Conduct of LifeHarcourt, Brace, 1951 - 342 pages Discusses the ultimate ethical and religious issues that confront modern man and offers a new orientation, directed to the renewal of life and the reintegration of modern civilization. |
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Page 38
... culture , mainly verbal , esthetic , and ritualistic , outpaced his technical culture . His habit of projection , symbolization , detachment , has enabled man to make many experi- ments whose bad results , if encountered in organic form ...
... culture , mainly verbal , esthetic , and ritualistic , outpaced his technical culture . His habit of projection , symbolization , detachment , has enabled man to make many experi- ments whose bad results , if encountered in organic form ...
Page 93
Lewis Mumford. of mankind are few , compared to the differences that exist between cultures : for each culture , even if primitive , tied closely to natural conditions and limited in area , tends to become an almost self - con- tained ...
Lewis Mumford. of mankind are few , compared to the differences that exist between cultures : for each culture , even if primitive , tied closely to natural conditions and limited in area , tends to become an almost self - con- tained ...
Page 218
... culture , at the moment the culture itself transforms stereotyped routines into unexpected dramatic actions , rich with new possibilities for life . For over the drama of the higher cultures presides a general guiding theme , a plot ...
... culture , at the moment the culture itself transforms stereotyped routines into unexpected dramatic actions , rich with new possibilities for life . For over the drama of the higher cultures presides a general guiding theme , a plot ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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