The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
by Jill Lepore
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In this provocative examination of the modern world, the “artificial state” emerges as a system that sorts, segments, and manages human lives with the logic of industrial production. The book explores how technology, bureaucracy, and systems of control can foster isolation and alienation, transforming people into units to be organized and optimized. With incisive historical insight and moral urgency, it asks what happens when human beings are treated as raw material for machines—and whether such a state can endure.
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Published Aug 25, 2026
ISBN: 9781324098423
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First Published
2026
Language
eng
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