The true and only heaven

The true and only heaven: progress and its critics

by Lasch, Christopher

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This analysis of the Western human condition, couched in the question: "Can we continue to believe in progress?" seeks an answer in a history of the struggle between two ideas - one, the idea of progress, requiring increasing production forces, and the other a specific opposition to this.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The true and only heaven : progress and its critics / Christopher Lasch.

Summary

This analysis of the Western human condition, couched in the question: "Can we continue to believe in progress?" seeks an answer in a history of the struggle between two ideas - one, the idea of progress, requiring increasing production forces, and the other a specific opposition to this.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1991.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Norton
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1991.

The Physical Object

  • Description:591 pages ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0393307956, 9780393307955, 0393029166, 9780393029161
  • oclc:ocm59930509
  • LC Classification:E169.1
  • Dewey Decimal:303.440973

Table of Contents

Introduction: the obsolescence of left and right -- The idea of progress reconsidered -- Nostalgia: the abdication of memory -- The sociological tradition and the idea of community -- The populist campaign against "improvement" -- "No answer but an echo": the world without wonder -- The syndicalist moment: class struggle and workers' control as the moral equivalent of proprietorship and war -- Work and loyalty in the social thought of the "progressive" era -- The spiritual discipline against resentment -- The politics of the civilized minority -- Right-wing populism and the revolt against liberalism.

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Subjects

Démocratie États-Unis -- Vie intellectuelle Intellectual life Progrès Progress Sciences sociales -- Philosophie. -- Ét… Social change Social sciences -- Philosophy -- United… szellemi élet -- Egyesült Államok társadalomtudományok -- történet. -- Eg… United States United States -- Intellectual life Vooruitgang

Writers

Lasch, Christopher

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