The Cult of Progress
Preview: Episode 8 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Examine the rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology.
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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The Cult of Progress
Preview: Episode 8 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
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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