390 Pages
by
Routledge
390 Pages
by
Routledge
370 Pages
by
Routledge
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The idea of progress from the Enlightenment to postmodernism is still very much with us. In intellectual discourse, journals, popular magazines, and radio and talk shows, the debate between those who are "progressivists" and those who are "declinists" is as spirited as it was in the late seventeenth century. In History of the Idea of Progress, Robert Nisbet traces the idea of progress from its... Read more
PART I THE GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEA OF PROGRESS Introduction Chapter 1 The Classical World Chapter 2 The Early Christians Chapter 3 Medieval Currents Chapter 4 The Renaissance: Some Cross-Currents Chapter 5 The Great Renewal PART II THE TRIUMPH OF THE IDEA OF PROGRESS Chapter 6 Progress as Freedom Chapter 7 Progress as Power Chapter 8 The Persistence of Progress Chapter 9 Progress at Bay, Epilogue
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Nisbet, Robert
