Art and Technics

by Lewis Mumford

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231085095
• ISBN13: 9780231085090
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.