The Sociology of Progress
Author:   Leslie Sklair
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   annotated edition
ISBN:  

9780415175456


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   29 January 1998
Format:   Hardback
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The Sociology of Progress


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Dr. Leslie Sklair is a Reader in Sociology at LSE. His thesis, Sociology of Progress, was published by Routledge in 1970.

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Author:   Leslie Sklair
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   annotated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9780415175456


ISBN 10:   0415175453
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   29 January 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments, Introduction, Part One: The history of the idea of progress, I. The roots of the idea of progress, II. Progress and the European enlightenment, III. Progress through order and progress through revolution: Comte and Marx, IV. Progress and evolution, V. The decline of optimism, VI. Progress as a contemporary problem, Part Two: A sociological theory of progress, VII. Two concepts of progress, VIII. The sociological ethic (1), IX. The sociological ethic (2), X. The search for functional requisites, XI. Needs, morals and society, XII. The sociological theory of progress and some criticisms, XIII. Progress and some problems of the sociology of science, XIV. Conclusion, References, Name index, Subject index

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