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Jeffrey C. Alexander & Piotr Sztompka
Rethinking Progress [PDF ebook]
Movements, Forces, and Ideas at the End of the Twentieth Century

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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.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 288 ● ISBN 9780203161906 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2002 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2286739 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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