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Routledge Metaphor and History: Western Social Development Ideas

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Metaphor and History examines the foundational sources and contexts of the Western concept of social development across centuries of thought and culture. Nisbet traces the idea of social change from ancient Greece to the modern era, challenging the common assumption that social development emerged solely as a nineteenth-century idea tied to biological evolution. Instead, the book reveals how the metaphor of organic growth and the analogy of the life cycle-among humanity's oldest conceptual frameworks-have been embedded in the works of philosophers, historians, and social scientists throughout Western intellectual history. By exploring these deep historical roots, the book demonstrates how enduring metaphors have shaped our understanding of progress, change, and development in society. Routledge's scholarly examination offers readers insight into how Western thinkers have conceptualised social transformation and the linguistic and philosophical foundations underlying modern development theory.

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Traces the Western idea of social development from ancient Greece to contemporary times using Routledge's rigorous academic approach.

Explores how organic growth metaphors and life-cycle analogies have influenced social scientific thinking across centuries of Western culture.

Challenges the assumption that social development theory originated in the nineteenth century as a product of evolutionary biology.

Examines pronouncements from sages, historians, and social scientists to reveal how metaphorical thinking has shaped development concepts.

Provides scholarly context for understanding the intellectual foundations of modern social and historical theory in Western thought.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1138528005
Category: Books > Subjects > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > History
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 20 September 2017
Listed Since: 08 December 2017

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