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The Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and Its Future - Paperback
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by The Unabomber (Author)
Industrial Society and Its Future, widely known as the Unabomber Manifesto, is the 35,000-word anti-technology essay written by Theodore J. Kaczynski. A mathematical prodigy who entered Harvard at age 16, earned a PhD in mathematics from the University of Michigan, and briefly served as an assistant professor at UC Berkeley, Kaczynski later withdrew from academia to live as a recluse in a remote cabin in Montana.
The manifesto opens with the declaration that “The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.” It presents a detailed critique of modern industrial-technological society, arguing that technological progress has eroded individual freedom and autonomy, destroyed small-scale human communities, inflicted widespread psychological suffering, and caused severe damage to the natural world. Kaczynski examines the power process, the psychology of modern life, the role of leftism, and the impossibility of reforming the system, ultimately calling for a revolution to dismantle industrial society and return to a more primitive way of living.
A direct primary source from one of the most notorious figures in American history, Industrial Society and Its Future remains a provocative ideological document for readers interested in critiques of technology, society, and modernity.
Number of Pages: 100
Dimensions: 0.24 x 8.5 x 5.51 IN
Publication Date: November 28, 2008