Road to nowhere :
Slaboch, Matthew W.,
Road to nowhere : the idea of progress and its critics / Matthew W. Slaboch. - Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press 2018 - 194 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-182) and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 "The Same, But Otherwise": Arthur Schopenhauer as a Critic of "Progress"
ch. 2 The Autocrat and the Anarchist: Nicholas I, Leo Tolstoy, and the Problem of "Progress"
ch. 3 "The Path to Hell": Henry (and Brooks) Adams on History and Politics
ch. 4 Critics of the Idea of Progress in an Age of Extremes: Three Twentieth-Century Voices.
9780812249804
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860 --Political and social views.
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 --Political and social views.
Adams, Henry, 1838-1918.
Spengler, Oswald, 1880-1936.
Solzhenit︠s︡yn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918-2008 --Political and social views.
Lasch, Christopher.
Political science--Philosophy--History--19th century.
Political science--Philosophy--History--20th century.
Civilization, Modern--Philosophy.
Progress.
Regression (Civilization)
320.01 / SLA.R
Road to nowhere : the idea of progress and its critics / Matthew W. Slaboch. - Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press 2018 - 194 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-182) and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 "The Same, But Otherwise": Arthur Schopenhauer as a Critic of "Progress"
ch. 2 The Autocrat and the Anarchist: Nicholas I, Leo Tolstoy, and the Problem of "Progress"
ch. 3 "The Path to Hell": Henry (and Brooks) Adams on History and Politics
ch. 4 Critics of the Idea of Progress in an Age of Extremes: Three Twentieth-Century Voices.
9780812249804
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860 --Political and social views.
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 --Political and social views.
Adams, Henry, 1838-1918.
Spengler, Oswald, 1880-1936.
Solzhenit︠s︡yn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918-2008 --Political and social views.
Lasch, Christopher.
Political science--Philosophy--History--19th century.
Political science--Philosophy--History--20th century.
Civilization, Modern--Philosophy.
Progress.
Regression (Civilization)
320.01 / SLA.R
