Buch, Englisch, 580 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 842 g
Buch, Englisch, 580 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 842 g
Reihe: University of California Press
ISBN: 978-0-520-30908-1
Verlag: UCAL POD
Events of the past two decades have challenged many of the fundamental beliefs, institutions, and values of modern western culture--the culture of "progress." Are science and technology really progressive and beneficial? Have they led to the enhancement of welfare, greater hapiness, and moral immprovement? I s the continued growth of material productivity possible? Desirable? Are the institutions of progress viable?
Progress and Its Discontents assembles the views on progress of some of America's leading humanists, scientists, and social scientists. Citing disappointed expectations of progress in spheres from science to morals and politics, and the many problems created or left untouched by progress, the editors conclude that the term no longer refers to "an inevitable sequence of improvements" but rather to "an aspiration and compelling obligation."
Contributors:
Nannerl O. Keohane
Georg G. Iggers
Alfred G. Meyer
Crawford Young
Francisco J. Ayala
John T. Edsall
Gerald Fenberg
Bernard D. Davis
Gerald Holton
Marc J. Roberts
H. Stuart Hughes
Moses Abramovitz
Harvey Brooks
Nathan Rosenberg
Hollis B. Chenery
Gianfranco Poggi
Aaron Wildavsky
G. Bingham Powell, Jr.
Samuel H. Barnes
Steven Marcus
Murray Krieger
Robert C. Elliott
Martin E. Marty
Daniel Bell
Frederick A. Olafson
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichtsphilosophie, Philosophie der Geschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Geschichte der Soziologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Geschichte der Biowissenschaften, Biologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Geschichtsphilosophie, Philosophie der Geschichte
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
