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'''Lewis Mumford''' (19 October 1895 – 26 January 1990) was an American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic. | '''Lewis Mumford''' (19 October 1895 – 26 January 1990) was an American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic. | ||
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* ''[http://www.sacred-texts.com/utopia/sou/index.htm The Story of Utopias]'', 1922. | * ''[http://www.sacred-texts.com/utopia/sou/index.htm The Story of Utopias]'', 1922. | ||
** ''Η ιστορία των ουτοπιών'', trans. Βασίλης Τομανάς, Νησίδες, 1998. (in Greek) [http://www.biblionet.gr/book/5499/Mumford,_Lewis,_1895-1990/%CE%97_%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD] | ** ''Η ιστορία των ουτοπιών'', trans. Βασίλης Τομανάς, Νησίδες, 1998. (in Greek) [http://www.biblionet.gr/book/5499/Mumford,_Lewis,_1895-1990/%CE%97_%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD] | ||
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* [http://mumford.albany.edu/mumford/selected_work.htm More]. | * [http://mumford.albany.edu/mumford/selected_work.htm More]. | ||
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* [http://vimeo.com/67861641 Mumford on the City II, Cars or People], video, 1963. | * [http://vimeo.com/67861641 Mumford on the City II, Cars or People], video, 1963. | ||
* [http://www3.nd.edu/~ehalton/mumfordbio.html Biography by Eugene Halton] | * [http://www3.nd.edu/~ehalton/mumfordbio.html Biography by Eugene Halton] |
Revision as of 14:28, 19 April 2015
Lewis Mumford (19 October 1895 – 26 January 1990) was an American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic.
Works
- Books
- The Story of Utopias, 1922.
- Η ιστορία των ουτοπιών, trans. Βασίλης Τομανάς, Νησίδες, 1998. (in Greek) [1]
- Sticks and Stones: A Study of American Architecture and Civilization, New York: Boni and Liveright, 1924.
- The Golden Day: A Study in American Experience and Culture, New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1926.
- Herman Melville, New York: The Literary Guild of America, 1929.
- The Brown Decades: A Study of the Arts in America, 1865-1895, New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1931.
- Technics and Civilization, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1934.
- Tecnica y civilizacion, trans. Aznar de Acevedo, Alianza, 1971; 1992. (in Spanish)
- The Culture of Cities, New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1938.
- Men Must Act, New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1939.
- Faith for Living, New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1940.
- The South in Architecture, New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1941.
- The Condition of Man, New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1944.
- City Development: Studies in Disintegration and Renewal, New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1945.
- Values for Survival: Essays, Addresses, and Letters on Politics and Education, New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1946.
- Green Memories: The Story of Geddes, New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1947.
- The Conduct of Life, New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1951.
- Art and Technics, New York: Columbia University Press, 1952.
- Τέχνη και τεχνική, trans. Βασίλης Τομανάς, Νησίδες, 1997. (in Greek)
- The Myth of the Machine, Volume I: Technics and Human Development, Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich, 1967.
- Mythos der Maschine. Kultur, Technik und Macht, trans. Liesl Nürenberger and Arpad Hälbig, Fischer Alternativ, 1977. Translation of both volumes. (in German)
- Mif mashiny: tekhnika i razvitie chelovechestva [Миф машины: техника и развитие человечества], trans. T. Azarkovich and B. Skuratov, Moscow: Logos, 2001, 408 pp. (in Russian)
- Ο μύθος της μηχανής: Τεχνική και ανάπτυξη του ανθρώπου, trans. Βασίλης Τομανάς, Νησίδες, 2005. (in Greek) [2]
- El mito de la máquina. Técnica y evolucion humana, trans. Arcadio Rigodón, Logroño: Pepitas, 2010, 552 pp. (in Spanish)
- The Myth of the Machine, Volume II: The Pentagon of Power, Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich, 1970.
- Ο μύθος της μηχανής: Το πεντάγωνο της ισχύος, trans. Βασίλης Τομανάς, Νησίδες, 2005. (in Greek) [3]
- Pentagon moći: Mit o mašini 2, trans. Nikica Petrak, Zagreb: GZH, 1986; Belgrade: anarhija, 2009. (in Serbo-Croatian)
- El mito de la máquina. El pentágono del poder, trans. Javier Rodríguez Hidalgo, Logroño: Pepitas, 2011, 800 pp. (in Spanish)
- Sketches from Life: The Autobiography of Lewis Mumford, New York: Dial Press, 1982, 500 pp.
- Collected writings
- The Lewis Mumford Reader, ed. Donald L. Miller, New York: Pantheon Books, 1986.
- Mumford on Modern Art in The 1930s, ed. Robert Wojtowicz, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007.
- Selected articles
- "Authoritarian and Democratic Technics", Technology and Culture 5:1 (Winter 1964), pp 1-8.
- More.
Links
- Mumford on the City II, Cars or People, video, 1963.
- Biography by Eugene Halton
- Lewis Mumford Center at the University at Albany, *1988.
- Lewis Mumford at Wikipedia