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100 1 $aWagner, Peter,$d1956-
245 10 $aModernity :$bunderstanding the present /$cPeter Wagner.
260 $aCambridge ;$aMalden, MA :$bPolity,$cc2012.
300 $axv, 190 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [171]-182) and index.
505 0 $aPart 1. Re-theorizing Modernity. Retrieving modernity's past, understanding modernity's present -- Changing views of modernity : from convergence and stability to plurality and transformations -- Successive modernities : crisis, criticism and the idea of progress -- Disentangling the concept of modernity : time, action and the problems to be solved.
505 0 $aPart II. Analysing the Contemporary Modernity. The link between Capitalism and Democracy reconsidered -- European and non-European trajectories of modernity compared -- Violence and justice in global modernity : reflections on South Africa with world-sociological intent -- Towards a world sociology of modernity.
520 $a"We live in a modern age, but what does 'modern' mean and how can a reflection on 'modernity' help us to understand the world today? These are the questions that Peter Wagner sets out to answer in this concise and accessible book. Wagner begins by returning to the question of modernity's western origins and its claims to open up a new and better era in the history of humanity. Modernity's claims and expectations have become more prevalent and widely shared, but in the course of their realization and diffusion they have also been radically transformed. In an acute and engaging analysis, Wagner examines, among others, the following key issues: -- Modernity was based on the hope for freedom and reason, but it created the institutions of contemporary capitalism and democracy. How does the freedom of the citizen relate to the freedom of the buyer and seller today? And what does disaffection with capitalism and democracy entail for the sustainability of modernity? -- Rather than a single model of modernity, there is now a plurality of forms of modern socio-political organization. What does this entail for our idea of progress and our hope that the future world can be better than the present one? -- All nuance and broadening notwithstanding, our concept of modernity is in some way inextricably tied to the history of Europe and the West. How can we compare different forms of modernity in a 'symmetric', non-biased or non-Eurocentric way? How can we develop a world sociology of modernity?"--P. [4] of cover.
650 0 $aSocial change.
650 0 $aSocial evolution.
650 0 $aSocial history.
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