Man: The Mechanical Misfit

Abstract

THE thesis maintained in this book by the professor of psychology in Colgate University, is that civilization is to perish, not by war, but by the action of certain evils which are inherent in our Western way of life. “Let us suppose,” he writes, “that this war takes the very worst turn possible. All the countries, including America, are in turn invaded, and their cities reduced to ruins. Hardly possible, but let us suppose it occurs. Even so, it would seem to the writer that the reverse would be purely temporary. We still have ample human brains to reconstruct our culture from memory or from books.” In this verdict the reviewer is in agreement with the author. Man: The Mechanical Misfit By G. H. Estabrooks. Pp. xi + 251. (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941.) 10s. 6d. net.