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Civilization and progress /
Historical and systematic in its treatment, this work reviews the idea of progress in Western thought as it relates to civilization, in a more comprehensive survey than is to be found in previous writings on the subject. In the author's view, the history of civilization reveals an increasing ra...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Lexington] :
University Press of Kentucky,
[1971]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Historical and systematic in its treatment, this work reviews the idea of progress in Western thought as it relates to civilization, in a more comprehensive survey than is to be found in previous writings on the subject. In the author's view, the history of civilization reveals an increasing range of human capacity, both for good and for evil, depending upon men's choice between contending values. From this standpoint, the work proceeds to the exploration of such fields of social activity as the evolution of the family, the emancipation of women, economic conditions and technology, intellectual. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 376 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780813164779 081316477X 0813186668 9780813186665 |