Alva and Gunnar Myrdal
Subtitle: social engineering in the modern world
By: Thomas Etzemüller ; translated by Alex Skinner
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780739188743; 9780739188750
Subjects: Social engineering; History; Social conditions; Sociologists; Biography
Work titles: Romantik der Rationalität
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-360) and index.
Table of contents: title: Abbreviations; title: List of illustrations; title: Acknowledgements; title: Preface; title: Introduction: a path through modernity; title: Orchestrated lives; title: Exploratory steps; title: The project of modernity; title: The power of cold reason; title: Rebuilding society; title: Project child; title: An exemplary life?; title: America; title: World citizens; title: Conclusion: latitude; title: Bibliography; title: Index.