Metaphor and History
The Western Idea of Social Development| By: | Robert Nisbet |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781138528000 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781351505628 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2009 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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The primary purpose of Metaphor and History is to explain the sources and contexts of the Western idea of social development. Nisbet explores the concept of social change across the whole range of Western culture, from ancient Greece to the present day. He does not see the idea of social development as a nineteenth-century phenomenon or a by-product of the idea of biological evolution.