Progress
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Science and social inequality
The Rise of the Meritocracy 1870-2033
Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead?
Social and Cultural Change
The goal
Science, development, and violence
Whither bound?
NATO in the 1960's
The theory of human progression, and natural probability of a reign of justice
The Place You Love Is Gone
Janus in modern life
The American liberals and the Russian Revolution
Age of Progress (Great Ages of Man)
Prophecy and progress
A short history of progress
Self-Renewal
The Life Cycle of Civilizations
Development
Tradition
Man makes himself
Posthistoric man
La meta
Whither mankind
Progress and religion
A short history of progress
Celebration of Awareness
Manhood of humanity
The Rational Optimist
The road to Utopia
Erinnerungen an die Zukunft
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