Progress: The History of an Idea
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Progress: The History of an Idea
14.99 €
The idea of progress has largely defined the face of Western civilization. Humanity is developing, “moving forward,” and this movement is understood in two aspects – as the accumulation of knowledge and as the growth of material wealth. The birth of the idea of progress is the result of the interaction of Christianity with ancient ideas. Initially, it was a variation on the theme of the linear view of history, characteristic of the Judeo-Christian religious tradition. In the period from 1750 to about 1900, the idea of progress was separated from its religious roots and the concepts of progress and science “fused.” This process was accompanied by threatening phenomena: if initially progress was interpreted as the expansion of human freedom, then from about the second half of the 19th century it increasingly began to be understood as the expansion of “governability” – simply put, the power of an abstract state over man and nature.
The book is a classic work on social philosophy and is one of the most famous and cited works written in the tradition of the so-called conservative school in American sociology. It will be useful to sociologists, political scientists, public figures, politicians, students and teachers of the humanities – anyone interested in the spiritual and ideological roots of modern civilization.
The book is a classic work on social philosophy and is one of the most famous and cited works written in the tradition of the so-called conservative school in American sociology. It will be useful to sociologists, political scientists, public figures, politicians, students and teachers of the humanities – anyone interested in the spiritual and ideological roots of modern civilization.
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