Saturday, June 03, 2006

 

Lewis Mumford - The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects


Tell it like it is, Lewis baby!  Mr. Mumford combines my two favorite rarest qualities in a thinker: tremendous erudition (breadth, depth, pertinency, etc.) ... and a likeable personality.  This book can wow you with so many things that just make a man wonder, "How does he know all this shit?" ... while at the same time, it positively wreaks of subtle humanity.  I've never read it all the way through (too big a eat) ... but I return to it every now and then ... just to take a cool dip in Lewis' clear pool of reason and decency.

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