Rethinking Progress: Movements, Forces, and Ideas at the End of the Twentieth Century
by Jeffrey C. Alexander
2020-11-23 05:40:00
Rethinking Progress: Movements, Forces, and Ideas at the End of the Twentieth Century
by Jeffrey C. Alexander
2020-11-23 05:40:00
Rethinking Progressprovides a challenging reevaluation of one of the crucial ideas of Western civilization; the notion of progress. Progress often seems to have become self-defeating, producing ecological deserts, overpopulated cities, exhausted reso...
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Rethinking Progressprovides a challenging reevaluation of one of the crucial ideas of Western civilization; the notion of progress. Progress often seems to have become self-defeating, producing ecological deserts, overpopulated cities, exhausted resources, decaying cultures, and widespread feelings of alienation. The contributors, from all over the world, present their diversified perspectives on the fate of progress.
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