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Better?

Brian Martin

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Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2024
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Teoría social
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9789188061669
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Over the past fifty years, have things been getting better or worse? Brian Martin sets out to address this big question by looking at a range of topics, from climate to feminism, from happiness to war, from deschooling to death. Along the way, he offers personal stories and assessments of key studies. This is an invitation to avoid excessive gloom and unwarranted optimism by thinking broadly about what’s been going on, examining driving forces and resistance to them.

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