Rethinking progress : movements, forces, and ideas at the end of the 20th century / edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander and Piotr Sztompka.

"This book is the outcome of a conference organized by the editors at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland ... June 28 and July 1, 1988"--Pref.

Jeffrey C. Alexander, Professor of Sociology at Yale University, is a key scholar in US sociology and among the most prolific and well-cited theorists in cultural sociology globally.

Includes bibliographical references and index.