United Nations Headquarters "The concept of progress must be rooted in the idea of catastrophe," observed Walter Benjamin, the author of "The Arcades Project" (Harvard University Press, 2000).
After visiting with women in managerial jobs, and the apparent stall in their progress - and the idea of mandating equal representation at the top of the corporate ladder (as in France and Norway) - here's something on the cultural side: movies.
"The idea of progress is to be founded in the idea of catastrophe.
He hated nuclear power, disliked computers and television, and had no faith in the idea of progress: "The idea that the human race is going anywhere is a childhood myth, like Santa Claus".
Central to Liberal attitudes was a trust in rationality, faith in the idea of progress, attachment to individualism, emphasis on human rights, and an eagerness to emancipate underprivileged groups.
It's quite amazing to me that in the early 1960s, Mary McCarthy wanted "The Group" to show a loss of faith in the "idea of progress in the feminine sphere," when she was speaking right on the cusp of the greatest revolution in the position of women since the (supposed) matriarchies of the late Paleolithic.
For one thing, the determinism inherent in the idea of progress is difficult to maintain.
I'm not sure if Soderbergh has much faith in the idea of progress, but he clearly believes in the possibilities of televised drama.
We no longer, many of us, believe in the idea of musical progress.
