Progress : Fact or Illusion""

Progress : Fact or Illusion""

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Book Description
Progress, perhaps the fundamental secular belief of modern Western society, has come under heavy fire recently because, after three centuries, advances in science and technology seem increasingly to bring problems in their wake: alienation, environmental degradation, the threat of nuclear destruction. The idea of progress is brought into question by postmodern critique, attacking the notion of science as truth. Yet no other meaningful organization of humankind's sense of time looms on the horizon. This volume seeks to reassess the meaning and prospects of the idea of progress.

Progress: Fact or Illusion?,Leo Marx,Bruce Mazlish,University of Michigan Press,0472106767,Civilization,General,History,History Of Civilization And Culture (General),History: World,Philosophy,Progress,Cultural studies,History / World,History of specific subjects,Philosophy / General,World history

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