Modernity and Its Futures
Polity Press
Published on 3. September 1992
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-7456-0965-2 (ISBN)
Description
A textbook derived from the Open University course "Understanding Modern Societies", this work considers the forces which are reshaping modern industrial societies, together with new patterns, structures and relationships which are emerging in a "post-industrial" and increasingly "globalized" world. The key debates and their main protagonists are introduced and critically discussed. The book reassesses the promise and project of Enlightenment social science. In doing so, it examines the character of "modernity" and the relationship between "early modern" and "postmodern" societies, assessing whether the paradigms, models and theories used to explain and analyze "modern societies" are adequate for post-industrial societies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
tables, photographs, diagrams, illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7456-0965-2 (9780745609652)
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Tony McGrew | Stuart Hall | David Held
Modernity and its Futures
Understanding Modern Societies, Book IV
Book
09/1992
1st Edition
Polity Press
€40.50
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Content
Towards a global society, Tony McGrew; the challenge of the environment, Stephen Yearly; between the "posts" - post-industrialism and post-Fordism, John Allen; after the deluge - capitalism, socialism and democracy, David Held; social pluralism and "post-modernity", Ken Thompson; the question of cultural identity, Stuart Hall; the Enlightenment project revisited, Gregor McLennan.