| Description |
1 online resource (289 pages) |
| Contents |
The roots of the idea of progress -- Progress and the European enlightenment -- Progress through order and progress through revolution: Comte and Marx -- Progress and evolution -- The decline of optimism -- Progress as a contemporary problem -- Two concepts of progress -- The sociological ethic (1) -- The sociological ethic (2) -- The search for functional requisites -- Needs, morals and society -- The sociological theory of progress and some criticisms -- Progress and some problems of the sociology of science -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Dr. Leslie Sklair is a Reader in Sociology at LSE. His thesis, Sociology of Progress, was published by Routledge in 1970 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Progress.
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Progress
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203001516 |
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0203001516 |
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