1st Edition
Metaphor and History The Western Idea of Social Development
By Robert Nisbet
Copyright 2009
356 Pages
by
Routledge
356 Pages
by
Routledge
355 Pages
by
Routledge
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The primary purpose of Metaphor and History is to explain the sources and contexts of the Western idea of social development. Nisbet explores the concept of social change across the whole range of Western culture, from ancient Greece to the present day. He does not see the idea of social development as a nineteenth century phenomenon or a by-product of the idea of biological evolution.Instead,... Read more
Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Preface, Introduction, Part I. Civilization as Growth in Time: The Biography of a Metaphor, Part II. The Theory of Social Development, Part III. Persistence and Change, Notes and References, Index
Biography
Robert Nisbet
