The Coming Golden Age

The Coming Golden Age

Author: F. W. Sumner

Publisher:

Published: 2013-10

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9781258927653

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This is a new release of the original 1957 edition.


History of the Idea of Progress

History of the Idea of Progress

Author: Robert Nisbet

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-12

Total Pages: 594

ISBN-13: 1351515462

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The idea of progress from the Enlightenment to postmodernism is still very much with us. In intellectual discourse, journals, popular magazines, and radio and talk shows, the debate between those who are "progressivists" and those who are "declinists" is as spirited as it was in the late seventeenth century. In History of the Idea of Progress, Robert Nisbet traces the idea of progress from its origins in Greek, Roman, and medieval civilizations to modern times. It is a masterful frame of reference for understanding the present world. Nisbet asserts there are two fundamental building blocks necessary to Western doctrines of human advancement: the idea of growth, and the idea of necessity. He sees Christianity as a key element in both secular and spiritual evolution, for it conveys all the ingredients of the modern idea of progress: the advancement of the human race in time, a single time frame for all the peoples and epochs of the past and present, the conception of time as linear, and the envisagement of the future as having a Utopian end. In his new introduction, Nisbet shows why the idea of progress remains of critical importance to studies of social evolution and natural history. He provides a contemporary basis for many disciplines, including sociology, economics, philosophy, religion, politics, and science. History of the Idea of Progress continues to be a major resource for scholars in all these areas.


The End of School Reform

The End of School Reform

Author: Maurice R. Berube

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9780742539471

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Education as a major social movement is coming to an end. The theoretical framework for this proposition derives from Thomas Kuhn's theory of paradigm shifts of major movements and Hegel's 'end of history' thesis. The 'end of school reform' thesis blends Arthur Danto's 'end of art', John Horgan's 'end of science', and Francis Fukuyama's 'end of history' theses. Including interviews of education historians and policy professors, The End of School Reform maintains that educational innovation may still continue, but only on a piecemeal basis.


End Of Knowing

End Of Knowing

Author: Fred Newman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-04-10

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1134778309

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First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


The lac Operon

The lac Operon

Author: Benno Müller-Hill

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2011-05-12

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 3110879476

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