Elements of Refusal

Contents
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Preface to the Second Edition
......Page 3
Introduction to the First Edition
......Page 4
Beginning of Time, End of Time
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Language: Origin and Meaning
......Page 14
Number: It's Origin and Evolution
......Page 21
The Case Against Art
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Agriculture
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PART TWO
......Page 43
Industrialism and Domestication
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Who Killed Ned Ludd?
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Axis Point of American Industrialism
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The Practical Marx
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Origins and Meaning of WWI
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Taylorism and Unionism
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Unionization in America
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Organized Labor vs. "The Revolt Against Work"
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New Yorl, New York
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The Refusal of Technology
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PART THREE
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The Promise of the '80s
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The '80s So Far
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Present-Day Banalities
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Media, Irony and "Bob"
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Afterword Commentary on Form and Content in Elements of Refusal by Paul Z. Simons
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Notes
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Appendix: Excerpts from Adventures in Subversion: Flyers & Posters, 1981-1985
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