Time and “Progress”

Cameron Gordon

Chapter Chapter 26 in Many Possible Worlds, 2023, pp 739-756 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Just after the end of the Cold WarCold War, there was much discourse about what the whole episode meant. The obvious conclusion, given the rhetoric and ideologyIdeology(ies) on both sides, was that a great ideological contest had been decided. Capitalism had won. SocialismSocialism had lost. Beyond that, time itself was proclaimed by some to have been eliminated with the “end of history” in a broader teleological sense. If humanity had in fact reached its pinnacle, then “progress” was no longer a relevant concept. Like many human conceits this one would be challenged by the course of actual events.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9281-0_26

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