The true and only heaven
by Christopher Lasch · first published 1991
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Traces the anti-progressive, populist tradition of democracy in nineteenth and early twentieth-century movements by artisans and farmers as well as in major thinkers.
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> "The True and Only Heaven: Progress and its critics" by Chris Lasch Thanks! Great lead, I wasn't aware of Lasch.
on “Are there limits to economic growth?” ↗> Everyone says they want "progress". Progress is an unqualified _good_, right? "The True and Only Heaven: Progress and its critics" by Chris Lasch specifically attempts to refute the idea that humanity has always shared a notion of progress. He essentially claims that it's a relatively new idea, and has…
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