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Issue 12/2019

We publish here, courtesy of the Publisher, the present article by Jacob Bronowski, originally published on the Review Indici comunità, 139-140, 1966, pp. 63 ff.

The document, considered of interest to DPU readers by reasons of the extreme topicality of its contents, was selected within the archival heritage concerning the history of the Olivetti Company (Archivio Storico Olivetti), collected, edited and enhanced by Associazione Archivio Storico Olivetti, which we thank for the precious collaboration.

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SUMMARY: 1. The animal at the city gate. – 1.1. The enigma of the sphinx. – 1.2. The tribute of the virgins. – 1.3. The lion on the roofs. – 1.4. The secret language. – 2. The scapegoat king. – 2.1. The scapegoat. – 2.2. The sin of authority. – 2.3. The king for mockery. – 2.4. The king fool. – 2.5. The crown of thorns. – 2.6. Death as a show. – 3. The work of the beggar. – 3.1. The romantic fox. – 3.2. The picaro. – 3.3. Wanderers and cheaters. – 3.4. Pirates and bandits. – 3.5. The Beggar’s Opera. – 3.6. The fire of Newgate. – 4. The detective story. – 4.1. The origins of the slums. – 4.2. Far from everything. – 4.3. This is the law. – 4.4. The villain hero. – 4.5. The story of gangsters. – 5. The thriller becomes reality. – 5.1. The exploitation of a dream. – 5.2. Konzert. – 5.3. The pinpoint of cruelty. – 5.4. The happy outrage. – 5.5. Mechanical disaster. – 5.6. The world as a conspiracy. – 6. The cry. – 6.1. The car world. – 6.2. What divides men? – 6.3. Position and recognition. – 6.4. Utopia at the races. – 6.5. The face of violence.

 

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