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In these times of growing fears of technological suicide, William Morris (1834–96) has a particular relevance for all of us. From amidst the physical and moral debris of the Industrial Revolution, his voice was raised in a ceaseless invective against the mindless violation of human and natural resources in the name of progress: the desecration of the landscape, the degradation of the cities, the debasement of art. Sometimes, in moods of despondency, Morris found society so hopelessly irretrievable that he longed for its decimation by a wave of barbarism so that it might start again fresh and beautiful.
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Harvie, C., Martin, G., Scharf, A. (1970). William Morris. In: Harvie, C., Martin, G., Scharf, A. (eds) Industrialisation and Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-86189-7_13
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