The Cult of Progress
Civilisations · Season 1 · Episode 8
Examine the rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology, and see how the “civilizing” project that arose from Enlightenment ideas was fraught with contradictions that troubled European artists in different ways.
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Season
1
Episode
8
Air Date
26/Jun/2018
Air Time
21:00
Runtime
53 min
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Examine the rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology, and see how the “civilizing” project that arose from Enlightenment ideas was fraught with contradictions that troubled European artists in different ways.
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