B.M.S. Van Praag: The Relativity of the Welfare Concept
Author(s)
Osmani, Siddiq
Abstract
The author analyzes historical thought and historical writing in the West. The author attempts to summarize what might be called a “system” of historiographical assumptions and principles within Western society and their implications. Ten propositions concerning the “peculiarities of the West” are presented in approximate order of importance.