The True and Only Heaven
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The True and Only Heaven
| Full title | The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics |
|---|---|
| Author | Christopher Lasch |
| Published | 1991 |
| Pages | 591 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Christopher Lasch’s history of the American critics of progress — populists, syndicalists, Calvinists, Niebuhr — and his argument that the idea of limitless improvement is a peculiar faith rather than an observation. |
Where I heard about it
- A crowd-sourced X thread — in the replies to @SpencrGreenberg asking “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?” (the thread, June 2025); the full list is on A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet).
Connections
- A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Progress — the idea the book is an argument with.
- Historical Futurism — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.