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 vii
... 7 A " Horrible Capacity for Mass Annihilation " 135 8 Limits - to - Growth Predicaments 151 9 The Fundamental Predicament of Progress 171 10 Decline and Fall of the Idea of Progress 189 Part III The Battle : The War over Family Values. vii.
... 7 A " Horrible Capacity for Mass Annihilation " 135 8 Limits - to - Growth Predicaments 151 9 The Fundamental Predicament of Progress 171 10 Decline and Fall of the Idea of Progress 189 Part III The Battle : The War over Family Values. vii.
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... our common concern — the family — into a suffi- ciently broad context so that we can see how fundamental , and perhaps unalterable , are the forces shaping it . PREFACE Th he title of this book , Posterity Lost xiv Foreword.
... our common concern — the family — into a suffi- ciently broad context so that we can see how fundamental , and perhaps unalterable , are the forces shaping it . PREFACE Th he title of this book , Posterity Lost xiv Foreword.
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... fundamental human institution : the family . Hints of this breakdown can be found well back in our national history , although there were also strongly countervailing forces that , at times — for example , during the curious but highly ...
... fundamental human institution : the family . Hints of this breakdown can be found well back in our national history , although there were also strongly countervailing forces that , at times — for example , during the curious but highly ...
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... fundamental belief which admits not the shadow of a doubt . " 2 How , for that matter , could it have been that there was a sharp ( though temporary ) resurrection of this Idea in the early post - World War II years ? Had the greatest ...
... fundamental belief which admits not the shadow of a doubt . " 2 How , for that matter , could it have been that there was a sharp ( though temporary ) resurrection of this Idea in the early post - World War II years ? Had the greatest ...
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... fundamental predicament of progress . However , such a fundamental predicament almost certainly does exist , and it crucially involves our growing agnosticism about the direction of future change . Putting together the arguments ...
... fundamental predicament of progress . However , such a fundamental predicament almost certainly does exist , and it crucially involves our growing agnosticism about the direction of future change . Putting together the arguments ...
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 |
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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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