movements, forces, and ideas at the end of the 20th century /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander and Piotr Sztompka.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boston, Mass. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Unwin Hyman,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1990.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xi, 268 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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pt. 1. Beyond progress and modernity -- pt. 2. Rethinking the agents of progress -- pt. 3. Rethinking the mechanisms of progress -- pt. 4. New concepts of progress.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Rethinking Progress provides 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.