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The Lucifer principle
a scientific expedition into the forces of history
By Bloom, Howard S.
- ISBN
- 978-0-87113-532-2
- Publisher
- New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c1995.
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Reviewed on November 1, 1994
Pop-culture Renaissance man Bloom-former PR agent for the likes of Prince, writer for Omni magazine, and so on-seeks to explain why civilizations rise and fall, why nations go to war, and why violence and aggression don't disappear with the ascendancy of culture. Big task. The "Lucifer Principle" is based on the metaphors of the "meme" (ideas that arise across cultures and epochs) and "the pec...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
