Disappearing through the skylight : culture and technology in the twentieth century /

This book is about change in modern culture, focussing on values rather than processes or products. It looks at five areas, as a cross-section of modern culture - nature, history, language, art and human evolution - reviewing the ways in which the central concepts of these areas have changed through...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hardison, O. B., Jr. (Osborne Bennett), 1928-1990
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1989.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • pt. I: A tree, a streamlined fish, and self-squared dragon; or, the disappearance of nature
  • pt. II: Great walls and running fences; or, the disappearance of history
  • pt. III: The poetry of nothing; or, the disappearance of language
  • pt. IV: Artificial reality; or, the disappearance of art
  • pt. V: Deus ex machina: or, the disappearance of man.