Lewis Mumford criticism of technical culture

Kamil Szymański

Abstract


Reviewed are Lewis Mumford's ideas and the  perception of technical culture as  outlined in his Technics and Civilization and The Myth of the Machine. The purpose of this review  is to take note  of the common points in Mumford’s  critical notion evolving over the years  regarding  the impact of technique and science  on man’s  life as  singled out  by scholars  of his works.


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Lewis Mumford; technics; science; values; progress; culture; philosophy of technology

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/kw.2017.21.61
Date of publication: 2017-08-29 23:58:54
Date of submission: 2017-07-24 20:15:20


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