Posterity Lost: Progress, Ideology, and the Decline of the American FamilyRowman & Littlefield, 1997 - 353 páginas In this pathbreaking study that has earned the praise of scholars, family advocates, and policymakers, Richard T. Gill does more than illuminate the multiple causes and devastating effects of America's diminishing spirit of optimism. In order to reverse this disturbing trend, Gill urges Americans to reject short-term solutions, expand their time horizons, and, above all, give increasing care and attention to their children. |
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Página xvi
... actually be found right here on this earth . Not immediately , of course . It would take a long time for scientific , economic , medical , po- litical , and social progress to accomplish their terrestial work . Still , the potentiality ...
... actually be found right here on this earth . Not immediately , of course . It would take a long time for scientific , economic , medical , po- litical , and social progress to accomplish their terrestial work . Still , the potentiality ...
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... we have all suddenly turned pessimistic about the future . Actually , speaking of those underde- veloped — now called " developing " —nations , we can easily find justifi- cations for our early postwar faith . In most cases. 2 Introduction.
... we have all suddenly turned pessimistic about the future . Actually , speaking of those underde- veloped — now called " developing " —nations , we can easily find justifi- cations for our early postwar faith . In most cases. 2 Introduction.
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... Actually , when one thinks about the matter , even quite superficially , this connection seems almost too obvious to require much of a defense . The Idea of Progress , however specifically defined , clearly places great emphasis on what ...
... Actually , when one thinks about the matter , even quite superficially , this connection seems almost too obvious to require much of a defense . The Idea of Progress , however specifically defined , clearly places great emphasis on what ...
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... actually moral implications . However the empirical process of progress is labeled , the phenome- non itself is clearly implicated in the declining status of the American family . For such family breakdown is apparent in one degree or ...
... actually moral implications . However the empirical process of progress is labeled , the phenome- non itself is clearly implicated in the declining status of the American family . For such family breakdown is apparent in one degree or ...
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... actually revolution- ary change was accompanied by , and in effect carefully channelled by , a very stiff and rigorous moral code . On this view , middle - class Victorian morality , however often dishonored in the actual observance ...
... actually revolution- ary change was accompanied by , and in effect carefully channelled by , a very stiff and rigorous moral code . On this view , middle - class Victorian morality , however often dishonored in the actual observance ...
Contenido
In Disarray The American Family Approaching Year 2000 | 13 |
The Future at Risk The Consequences of Family Breakdown | 33 |
Why Conventional Explanations Are Incomplete | 57 |
The Crucial Role of the Ideology of Progress | 83 |
How the Process Gave Rise and Fall of the Idea of Progress | 103 |
The First Great Predicament of Progress | 119 |
A Horrible Capacity for Mass Annihilation | 135 |
LimitstoGrowth Predicaments | 151 |
Family values Evolution or Revolution? | 219 |
A Major Battleground Self vs Posterity | 237 |
Equality Family Advantages and Moral Relativism | 257 |
Reclaiming the Family Principles and Programs | 275 |
We Can Act But Will We? | 297 |
Notes | 315 |
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About the Author | |
The Fundamental Predicament of Progress | 171 |
Decline and Fall of the Idea of Progress | 189 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Posterity Lost: Progress, Ideology, and the Decline of the American Family Richard Thomas Gill Vista de fragmentos - 1997 |
Posterity Lost: Progress, Ideology, and the Decline of the American Family Richard Thomas Gill Vista de fragmentos - 1997 |
Posterity Lost: Progress, Ideology, and the Decline of the American Family Richard Thomas Gill Vista de fragmentos - 1997 |
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