The Myth Of Inevitable Progress
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The Myth Of Inevitable Progress
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Author : Franco Ferrarotti
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1985
The Myth Of Inevitable Progress written by Franco Ferrarotti and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Social Science categories.
Franco Ferrarotti examines the ways in which we have come to cope with the problems unforeseen by the early idealists of the industrial age. Beginning with a detailed critique of the Enlightenment concept of the individual and how it compares to present day values, beliefs, and attitudes, he proceeds to demonstrate how current technology influences the lives of individuals in the work place and in the community at large. The influence of science and industrial progress on our development as human beings is critically analyzed. Finally, Ferrarotti gives some suggestions as to how we may find a way out of the dilemmas facing modern society and speculates on the fates of those societies currently in transition. While many writers have dealt with specific aspects of the modern industrial age, Ferrarotti faces squarely the general problem of the social and political impact of technologically based life.
The Improving State Of The World
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Author : Indur M. Goklany
language : en
Publisher: Cato Institute
Release Date : 2007-01-19
The Improving State Of The World written by Indur M. Goklany and has been published by Cato Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-19 with Political Science categories.
Many people believe that globalization and its key components have made matters worse for humanity and the environment. Indur M. Goklany exposes this as a complete myth and challenges people to consider how much worse the world would be without them. Goklany confronts foes of globalization and demonstrates that economic growth, technological change and free trade helped to power a “cycle of progress” that in the last two centuries enabled unprecedented improvements in every objective measurement of human well-being. His analysis is accompanied by an extensive range of charts, historical data, and statistics. The Improving State of the World represents an important contribution to the environment versus development debate and collects in one volume for the first time the long-term trends in a broad array of the most significant indicators of human and environmental well-being, and their dependence on economic development and technological change. While noting that the record is more complicated on the environmental front, the author shows how innovation, increased affluence and key institutions have combined to address environmental degradation. The author notes that the early stages of development can indeed cause environmental problems, but additional development creates greater wealth allowing societies to create and afford cleaner technologies. Development becomes the solution rather than the problem.
The Myth Of Inevitable Progress
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Author : Franco Ferrarotti
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1985-02-19
The Myth Of Inevitable Progress written by Franco Ferrarotti and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-02-19 with Political Science categories.
Franco Ferrarotti examines the ways in which we have come to cope with the problems unforeseen by the early idealists of the industrial age. Beginning with a detailed critique of the Enlightenment concept of the individual and how it compares to present day values, beliefs, and attitudes, he proceeds to demonstrate how current technology influences the lives of individuals in the work place and in the community at large. The influence of science and industrial progress on our development as human beings is critically analyzed. Finally, Ferrarotti gives some suggestions as to how we may find a way out of the dilemmas facing modern society and speculates on the fates of those societies currently in transition. While many writers have dealt with specific aspects of the modern industrial age, Ferrarotti faces squarely the general problem of the social and political impact of technologically based life.
The Myth Of Progress
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Author : Tom Wessels
language : en
Publisher: UPNE
Release Date : 2013-04-09
The Myth Of Progress written by Tom Wessels and has been published by UPNE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-09 with Science categories.
A provocative critique of Western progress from a scientific perspective
The Myth Of Progress
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Author : Tom Wessels
language : en
Publisher: UPNE
Release Date : 2006
The Myth Of Progress written by Tom Wessels and has been published by UPNE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Science categories.
A provocative critique of Western progress from a scientific perspective.
The Myth Of Development
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Author : Oswaldo de Rivero B.
language : en
Publisher: Zed Books
Release Date : 2001
The Myth Of Development written by Oswaldo de Rivero B. and has been published by Zed Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Developing countries categories.
In order to prevent increasing social and political disorders, the author argues that many countries with primary production and explosive urban growth will have to abandon dreams of development to adopt a policy of national survival based on the search for water, food, and energy security - and the stabilization of their populations."--BOOK JACKET.
The Myths We Live By
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Author : Mary Midgley
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-09-14
The Myths We Live By written by Mary Midgley and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-14 with Philosophy categories.
Mary Midgley argues in her powerful new book that far from being the opposite of science, myth is a central part of it. In brilliant prose, she claims that myths are neither lies nor mere stories but a network of powerful symbols that suggest particular ways of interpreting the world.
The Myth Of Chinese Capitalism
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Author : Dexter Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2020-03-10
The Myth Of Chinese Capitalism written by Dexter Roberts and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-10 with Political Science categories.
The untold story of how restrictive policies are preventing China from becoming the world’s largest economy Dexter Roberts lived in Beijing for two decades working as a reporter on economics, business and politics for Bloomberg Businessweek. In The Myth of Chinese Capitalism, Roberts explores the reality behind today’s financially-ascendant China and pulls the curtain back on how the Chinese manufacturing machine is actually powered. He focuses on two places: the village of Binghuacun in the province of Guizhou, one of China’s poorest regions that sends the highest proportion of its youth away to become migrants; and Dongguan, China’s most infamous factory town located in Guangdong, home to both the largest number of migrant workers and the country’s biggest manufacturing base. Within these two towns and the people that move between them, Roberts focuses on the story of the Mo family, former farmers-turned-migrant-workers who are struggling to make a living in a fast-changing country that relegates one-half of its people to second-class status via household registration, land tenure policies and inequality in education and health care systems. In The Myth of Chinese Capitalism, Dexter Roberts brings to life the problems that China and its people face today as they attempt to overcome a divisive system that poses a serious challenge to the country’s future development. In so doing, Roberts paints a boot-on-the-ground cautionary picture of China for a world now held in its financial thrall. Dexter Roberts is an award-winning journalist and a regular commentator on the U.S.-China trade and political relationship. His prior speaking engagements include traditional news media outlets (NPR, Fox News, CNN International) as well as universities and institutes (George Washington University, Council on Foreign Relations, and the Overseas Press Club). He is available for virtual classroom visits to courses that adopt The Myth of Chinese Capitalism. Please contact academic@macmillan.com for more information.
Middletown Families
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 1982
Middletown Families written by and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Social Science categories.
Middletown Families was first published in 1985. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Fifty years after publication of Robert and Helen Lloyd's classic studies, Middletown (1929) and Middletown in Transition (1937), the Middletown III Project picked up and continued their exploration of American values and institutions. By duplicating the original studies - in many cases by using the same questions - this team of social scientists attempted to gauge the changes that had taken place in Muncie, Indiana, since the 1920s. In Middletown Families, the first book to emerge from this project, Theodore Caplow and his colleagues reveal that many widely discussed changes in family life, such as the breakdown of traditional male/female roles, increased conflict between parents and children, and disintegration of extended family ties, are more perceived than actual. Their evidence suggests that the Middletown family seems to be stronger and more tolerant, with closer bonds and greater marital satisfaction than fifty years ago. Instead of breaking it apart, the pressures of modern society may have drawn the family closer together.
Evolutionary Theory In The Social Sciences Evolution And Revolution
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Author : William M. Dugger
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2003
Evolutionary Theory In The Social Sciences Evolution And Revolution written by William M. Dugger and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Evolution categories.