HO401 History and the Idea of Progress
This course in the "Crisis of the West" sequence focuses on questions concerning the philosophy of history, the idea of progress, and challenges to this idea. Works included are J. Bury: The Idea of Progress; John Baillie: The Belief in Progress; Karl Lowith: The Meaning of History; R.G. Collingwood: The Idea of History; George Grant: Time as History; Nietzsche, The Advantages and Disadvantages of History