Burke: Connections
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He's succeeded magnificently in a presentation that has altered at least my view of history. If there were a handbook for Ars Hermeneutica, this would be an important part of it. | He's succeeded magnificently in a presentation that has altered at least my view of history. If there were a handbook for Ars Hermeneutica, this would be an important part of it. | ||
| - | One thing that's interesting to note: this book about modern technology and history | + | One thing that's interesting to note: this book about modern technology and history was written before the invention of the pocket calculator, the personal computer, the compact disc, the cell phone, and the World-Wide Web, among other everyday, taken-for-granted bits of technology. And yet, given its long view of the connections between ideas in history, it doesn't seem out of date or incomplete, but still as valid and vigorous as when I first approached it over 25 years ago. |
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[[Category: Book Notes]] | [[Category: Book Notes]] | ||
