Movements, Forces, and Ideas at the End of the Twentieth Century
by
Jeffrey C. Alexander, Piotr Sztompka
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
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...