His best known article from this period is entitled "The Myth of Progress" (1993), and it questions whether our apparent material and technological progress can really be considered "progress" (see Myth of Progress).
And it is a faith that unconditional advocates of progress - or perhaps, to be exact, of growth - seem to be able to count on now more than ever.
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Jan 1, 1993 · XII The Myth of Progress. A Contribution to the Debate on Modernity. In: The Tree of Knowledge and Other Essays. Author: Georg Henrik von ...
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