· In one of the most widely hailed books of recent years, Robert L. Heilbroner has set forth a powerful and brilliantly written analysis of the forces at work in the modern world and where they are taking us. Clear, convincing, and comprehensive, Heilbroner's view illuminates every headline-making event of our complex times: the impact of the Bomb, the drift away from capitalism, the . The Future as History. In one of the most widely hailed books of recent years, Robert L. Heilbroner has set forth a powerful and brilliantly written analysis of the forces at work in the modern world and where they are taking us/5(10). Subtitled- ""The historic currents of our time and the directions in which they are taking America"" -- this is a sober and disturbing analysis which challenges the inertia of our assumptions that the past defines the future and that we can control history. We are in a state either of defensive insecurity or of unwarranted optimism. Mr. Heilbroner explores the currents of our times, their roots in the past, the .
The Future as History. The Future as History. By Robert L. Heilbroner. pp, Harper, Purchase. Mr. Heilbroner scrutinizes the numerous "revolutions" of our century--economic, scientific, cultural as well as political--and attempts to ascertain the drift of the future. Well written and stimulating in its insights, it leaves little room. Dr. Robert L. Heilbroner is the author of The Worldly Philosophers, The Future as History, and The Great Ascent. For further reading: God's Gold: The Story of Rockefeller and His Times, by John T. Flynn (Harcourt, Brace, ); Study in Power: John D. Rockefeller, Industrialist and Philanthropist, by Allan Nevins (Scribner's, ); Random Reminiscences of Men and Events, by John D. — Robert L. Heilbroner. Fuente: The Future As History (), Chapter IV, Part 9, The Grand Dynamic of History, p. Contexto: In an age which no longer waits patiently through this life for the rewards of the next, it is a crushing spiritual blow to lose one's sense of participation in mankind's journey, and to see only a huge milling-around, a collective living-out of lives with no.
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