God of the Machine
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Book Overview
The God of the Machine presents an original theory of history and a bold defense of individualism as the source of moral and political progress
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1560006668
ISBN13:9781560006664
Release Date:January 1993
Publisher:Routledge
Length:366 Pages
Weight:1.26 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.9" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Great
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Great!! Read it. It's brilliant. The only question is how do we get every one of the braindead yahoos in Washington DC to read this book? Especially the guy in White House. Of course that's assuming those people can read. I seriously doubt that at times. This book should be required reading for every man woman and child on Earth.
The best description of how we got here.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
It is a serious look at human energy and how it manifests itself most efficiently. If you are serious about understanding how the U.S. arrived to where it is today then you must get this book. I read this beginning to end. With that in mind, I think the book could be best digested as stand alone chapters as each lesson is timeless. It should be read and placed in a position of importance on every bookshelf. You will find yourself referring to it for the rest of your life.
A work of genius!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
For anyone interested in history of political thought this is a must read. A true work of genius. One of my top twenty books.
One of the most important books of the 20th Century!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
God of the Machine was my first clue that history could be more than a boring recitation of names and dates. Paterson looks at the whole sweep of history, from ancient to contemporary, and relates it to the ideas and principles of freedom. Her central concern is to discover the political forms which freedom and civilization require. Her central unifying concept of "the long circuit of energy that makes civilization work" is both exhilarating and true: if economic thinking has not yet caught up to Isabel Paterson, so much the worse for it!Written by a friend of Ayn Rand, and a lover of freedom, God of the Machine is a gem!God of the Machine is well up in the top 10 of Random House's poll of most important non-fiction of the 20th Century.
I thought that it was excellant.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
It has been many years since I read this book, and I was looking to see if it was still available. I do not recall enough of it at this moment to really give a review, but I do want to read it again.
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