Global Modernity

A Conceptual Sketch
2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-43580-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 110 Seiten, Format (B × H): 144 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 278 g

This book introduces the concept of global modernity as a paradigm for the analysis of the contemporary era. Building on Parson's distinction between social, cultural, personal and organismic systems, it presents a four-dimensional scheme that aims to identify modernity's key structural components.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schmidt, V.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Phases of Modernity 3. Epistemological and Methodological Challenges 4. A Four-dimensional Scheme of Modernization 5. Global Modernization in Context 6. Two Aspects of Polycentric Modernity 7. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Volker H. Schmidt is Associate Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore. He was formerly a Kennedy Memorial Fellow at Harvard University, USA, and he has held several fellowships at the University of Münster, Germany. Most recently, he was a Fellow at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld, Germany.