Progress, the modern myth

Progress, the modern myth

Based on Karl Kraus criticism… Category : Humanities and social science Jaques Bouveresse F0007 : Collection : Cent mille Signes Size : 11,5 x 17 cm/ Hardback 128 pages / Black & white French Agone ISBN : 9782748903089 / 9,50 € Release date : Rights available

This work is a relentless questioning of the idea often introduced as obvious and according to which “progress” is beneficial, infinite and unavoidable.
Jacques Bouveresse, Professor at the Collège de France has published many works of philosophy of language and knowledge, as well as about writers such as Robert Musil and Karl Kraus. He is also one of the major French Ludwig Wittgenstein critics.