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History Of The Idea Of Progress
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Author : Robert A. Nisbet
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
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History Of The Idea Of Progress written by Robert A. Nisbet and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
History Of The Idea Of Progress
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Author : Robert Nisbet
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-12
History Of The Idea Of Progress written by Robert Nisbet and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-12 with History categories.
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 origins in Greek, Roman, and medieval civilizations to modern times. It is a masterful frame of reference for understanding the present world. Nisbet asserts there are two fundamental building blocks necessary to Western doctrines of human advancement: the idea of growth, and the idea of necessity. He sees Christianity as a key element in both secular and spiritual evolution, for it conveys all the ingredients of the modern idea of progress: the advancement of the human race in time, a single time frame for all the peoples and epochs of the past and present, the conception of time as linear, and the envisagement of the future as having a Utopian end. In his new introduction, Nisbet shows why the idea of progress remains of critical importance to studies of social evolution and natural history. He provides a contemporary basis for many disciplines, including sociology, economics, philosophy, religion, politics, and science. History of the Idea of Progress continues to be a major resource for scholars in all these areas.
History And The Idea Of Progress
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Author : Arthur M. Melzer
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2019-05-15
History And The Idea Of Progress written by Arthur M. Melzer and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-15 with Philosophy categories.
The publication of Francis Fukuyama's article, "The End of History?" prompted a wave of public debates about democracy, progress, and the idea of history. In this book, twelve distinguished cultural commentators offer a brilliant array of responses to those debates. Fukuyama's controversial essay had considered whether Western-style democracy might be the endpoint of an inevitable historical development. For the present volume, the chapters—none of which has appeared elsewhere—include both a keynote chapter by Fukuyama and a series of spirited alternatives to his position. Additional essays examine the historical and philosophical origins of the idea of history that lies behind today's perspectives on progress and politics.
The Idea Of Progress In Eighteenth Century Britain
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Author : David Spadafora
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1990-01-01
The Idea Of Progress In Eighteenth Century Britain written by David Spadafora and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-01 with Social Science categories.
The idea of progress stood at the very center of the intellectual world of eighteenth-century Britain, closely linked to every major facet of the British Enlightenment as well as to the economic revolutions of the period. Drawing on hundreds of eighteenth-century books and pamphlets, David Spadafora here provides the most extensive discussion ever written of this prevailing sense of historical optimism.
The Idea Of Progress
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Author : Sidney Pollard
language : en
Publisher: London : Watts
Release Date : 1968
The Idea Of Progress written by Sidney Pollard and has been published by London : Watts this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with History categories.
The Idea Of Progress In Classical Antiquity
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Author : Ludwig Edelstein
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2019-12-01
The Idea Of Progress In Classical Antiquity written by Ludwig Edelstein and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-01 with Philosophy categories.
Originally published in 1967. Ludwig Edelstein characterizes the idea of "progress" in Greek and Roman times. He analyzes the ancients' belief in "a tendency inherent in nature or in man to pass through a regular sequence of stages of development in past, present, and future, the latter stages being—with perhaps occasional retardations or minor regressions—superior to the earlier." Edelstein's contemporaries asserted that the Greeks and Romans were entirely ignorant of a belief in progress in this sense of the term. In arguing against this dominant thesis, Edelstein draws from the conclusions of scholars of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and discusses ideas of Auguste Comte and Wilhelm Dilthey.
The Idea Of Progress Origin Development
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Author : J. B. Bury
language : en
Publisher: e-artnow
Release Date : 2019-06-03
The Idea Of Progress Origin Development written by J. B. Bury and has been published by e-artnow this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-03 with Philosophy categories.
This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: Some Interpretations of Universal History: Bodin and Le Roy Utility the End of Knowledge: Bacon Cartesianism The Doctrine of Degeneration: the Ancients and Moderns The Progress of Knowledge: Fontenelle The General Progress of Man: Abbe De Saint-Pierre New Conceptions of History: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Turgot The Encyclopaedists and Economists Was Civilisation a Mistake? Rousseau, Chastellux The Year 2440 The French Revolution: Condorcet The Theory of Progress in England German Speculations on Progress Currents of Thought in France After the Revolution The Search for a Law of Progress: "Progress" in the French Revolutionary Movement (1830-1851) Material Progress: the Exhibition of 1851 Progress in the Light of Evolution
The Idea Of Progress
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Author : J.B. Bury
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2019-09-25
The Idea Of Progress written by J.B. Bury and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-25 with Fiction categories.
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The Idea Of Progress
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Author : John Bagnell Bury
language : en
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Release Date : 2022-02-27
The Idea Of Progress written by John Bagnell Bury and has been published by BoD - Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-27 with Social Science categories.
"We may believe in the doctrine of Progress or we may not, but in either case it is a matter of interest to examine the origins and trace the history of what is now, even should it ultimately prove to be no more than an idolum saeculi, the animating and controlling idea of western civilisation." Contents: • Some Interpretations of Universal History: Bodin and Le Roy • Utility the End of Knowledge: Bacon • Cartesianism • The Doctrine of Degeneration: the Ancients and Moderns • The Progress of Knowledge: Fontenelle • The General Progress of Man: Abbe De Saint-Pierre • New Conceptions of History: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Turgot • The Encyclopaedists and Economists • Was Civilisation a Mistake? Rousseau, Chastellux • The Year 2440 • The French Revolution: Condorcet • The Theory of Progress in England • German Speculations on Progress • Currents of Thought in France After the Revolution • The Search for a Law of Progress: • "Progress" in the French Revolutionary Movement (1830-1851) • Material Progress: the Exhibition of 1851 • Progress in the Light of Evolution.
A Theory Of History
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Author : Agnes Heller
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-14
A Theory Of History written by Agnes Heller and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-14 with History categories.
This radical analysis of the role and importance of historiography interprets the philosophy and theory of history on the basis of historicity as a human condition. The book examins the norms and methods of historiography from a philosophical point of view, but rejects generalisations tht the philosophy of history can provide all the answers to contemporary problems. Instead it outlines a feasible theory of history which is still radical enough to apply to all social structures.