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The Progress Trap: The Modern Left and the False Authority of History Hardcover
£25.00
COBLEY, BEN
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ISBN: 9781509567621
Author: COBLEY, BEN
The idea of progress, one of the animating ideas of Western civilization, has now gone global. From Marxism and neoliberalism to today’s mutant identity politics, it offers a framework of knowledge and confidence: an assurance that things will get better and that history is on our side.
However, in doing this it creates a form of authority that is simultaneously imaginary and dishonest, resting on confidence in a future that is really contingent and unknowable.
Exploring the Progressive Mindset
In The Progress Trap, Ben Cobley examines this progressive mindset as a form of power, conferring a right to act and control others. Key ideas explored include:
- ‘Change’, ‘transformation’ and the ‘new’ as superior values
- The inevitable destruction of the old: people, cultures, and nature
This mindset is described as a trap into which nearly all of us fall at times, so attractive are its stories and familiar its techniques.
A Thoughtful Critique of Progress
Hard-hitting but thoughtful, the book offers a meditation on the sinister consequences of the progressive way of being. These consequences are far-reaching and touch on:
- Ourselves
- Our democracy
- Our art
- The pursuit of real knowledge
This is a compelling exploration for anyone seeking to understand the deeper implications of progress in our modern world.
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The Progress Trap: The Modern Left and the False Authority of History Hardcover
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