The Cult of Progress

Season 1 Episode 8

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.

AIR DATE 6/26/18

Videos

About Civilizations

Survey the history of art, from antiquity to the present, on a global scale. Civilizations reveals the role art and creative imagination have played in forging humanity, and introduce viewers to works of beauty, ingenuity and illumination across cultures. Liev Schreiber narrates. The nine-part series premieres Tuesday, April 17 at 8/7c.

Visit Website

Broadcast Dates

This show is not scheduled to air soon.

Top

To Top