Progress : can we do without it?
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Progress : can we do without it?
Zed Books, 2008
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Idea di progresso
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Originally published in Italian as "L'idea di progresso" by Donzelli Editore, Roma, c2006
Includes bibliographical references (p. 117) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
We are now experiencing immense progress, but as an idea it seems inadequate. Our focus is now on insecurity, threat and a sense that economic growth has come at the price of environmental devastation.
In a passionate attempt to 'give a future to the future' Massimo Salvadori traces the turbulent history of an idea. Looking at both its seductiveness and the reasons for its defeats, this book takes us on a journey through revolution, communism, Nazism, social democracy and globalization. It is only by understanding what actually happened to progress, he argues, that we can hope for real development in future.
This powerful essay by a leading political thinker is a manifesto for our times.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. The Parabola of an Idea
2. Reformists and Revolutionaries
3. Communism in Power
4. Nazism and the Myth of Lost Purity
5. The Social Democratic Vision
6. Globalization and the Ethics of Competition
7. Democracy: Between Value and Reality
8. Can we give up the Idea of Progress?
9. Giving the Future a Future
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