Art and Technics (Paperback)

by Professor Lewis Mumford (Author), Professor Casey Nelson Blake (Foreword) "AT THE BEGINNING of a series of lectures, it is perhaps well to establish some common point of agreement between the lecturer and his audience;..." (more)
Key Phrases: esthetic symbol, machine art, mechanical order, Frank Lloyd Wright, Matthew Nowicki, William Blake (more...)

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Lewis Mumford -architectural critic, theorist of technology, urbanologist, city planner, cultural critic, historian, biographer, and philosopher -was the author of more than thirty influential books, many of which expounded his views on the perils of urban sprawl and a society obsessed with "technics." Featuring a new introduction by Casey Nelson Blake, this classic text provides the essence of Mumford´s views on the distinct yet interpenetrating roles of technology and the arts in modern culture. Mumford contends that modern man´s overemphasis on technics has contributed to the depersonalization and emptiness of much of twentieth-century life. He issues a call for a renewed respect for artistic impulses and achievements. His repeated insistence that technological development take the Human as its measure -as well as his impassioned plea for humanity to make the most of its "splendid potentialities and promise" and reverse its progress toward anomie and destruction -is ever more relevant as the new century dawns.

About the Author
Lewis Mumford (1895-1979) was the author of numerous important books on American culture, technology, architecture, and urban life, including Technics and Civilization (1934); The Culture of Cities (1938); The City in History (1961); Myth of the Machine I: Technics and Human Development (1967); and Myth of the Machine II: Pentagon of Power (1970). Casey Nelson Blake is professor of history and American studies at Columbia University and the author of Beloved Community: The Cultural Criticism of Randolph Bourne, Van Wyck Brooks, Waldo Frank, and Lewis Mumford.

Product Details

• Paperback: 178 pages
• Publisher: Columbia University Press (May 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0231121059
• ISBN-13: 978-0231121057
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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