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“It is false to say that history cannot be foretold” (1932, p. 54), José Ortega y Gasset tells us. Citing examples from Hegel and Comte, Gasset describes their foreshadowing of future events in relation to the advancement of the masses during an industrial revolution where technologies were rapidly developing.
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Pollock, E.A. (2014). Pirates of the Caribbean and The Hypothetical Mass Man. In: Popular Culture, Piracy, and Outlaw Pedagogy. Youth, Media, & Culture Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-613-4_6
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