{"product_id":"modernity-paperback-softback-9780745652917","title":"Modernity (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745652917","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eModernity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Wagner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745652917, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 January 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.5 x 13.8 x 1.6 cm, 0.277 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e‘Modernity as an organizing theoretical-interpretative device has had an untidy and unruly history. No one recognizes this better than Peter Wagner, and no one has done more to unpack, analyse, tame, and repack its meanings and its claims. \u003ci\u003eModernity\u003c\/i\u003e extends his previous work significantly, and consolidates his position as simultaneously the most creative and the most sensible of writers of our time on the topic. He is especially to be congratulated for referring to historical and comparative actualities.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNeil Smelser, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e‘Peter Wagner's work is simply indispensable to those who wish to conceptualize modernity in a truly global way that challenges the Eurocentrism built into all classical writings on the subject. Wagner is a high theorist but his openness to questions of historical diversity remains exemplary.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDipesh Chakrabarty, The University of Chicago\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Peter Wagner's developing \"world sociology of modernity\", outlined in this splendid book, is a major advance in his and our thinking about modernity around the world. The book is also an excellent and very readable summary of the current state of the field.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWilliam Outhwaite, Newcastle University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWe 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 the following key issues among others:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e - 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?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e - Rather than a single model of modernity, there is now a plurality of forms of modern socio-political organisation. What does this entail for our idea of progress and our hope that the future world can be better than the present one?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e - 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?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003ePart I\u003cbr\u003eRe-theorizing modernity\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1\u003cbr\u003eRetrieving modernity's past, understanding modernity's present\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2\u003cbr\u003eChanging views of modernity:\u003cbr\u003efrom convergence and stability to plurality and transformations\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3\u003cbr\u003eSuccessive modernities:\u003cbr\u003ecrisis, criticism and the idea of progress\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4\u003cbr\u003eDisentangling the concept of modernity:\u003cbr\u003etime, action and problems to be solved\u003cbr\u003ePart II\u003cbr\u003eAnalyzing contemporary modernity\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5\u003cbr\u003eThe link between capitalism and democracy reconsidered\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6\u003cbr\u003eEuropean and non-European trajectories of modernity compared\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7\u003cbr\u003eViolence and justice in global modernity:\u003cbr\u003ereflections on South Africa with world-sociological intent\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8\u003cbr\u003eTowards a world-sociology of modernity\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52470041968920,"sku":"9780745652917","price":16.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745652917.jpg?v=1785629565","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/modernity-paperback-softback-9780745652917","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}