The Illusions of Progress
- ISBN-10
- 0520022564
- ISBN-13
- 9780520022560
- Category
- Progress
- Pages
- 222
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1969-01-01
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- Georges Sorel
Description
Georges Sorel "argues that the idea of progress formed an essential part of the justification and defense of the rising administrative classes in France at the time of progressive ideology that has insured the Revolution." -- Jacket.
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