Global modernity: a conceptual sketch
Auteur :
Schmidt, V.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781137435804
Date de publication :
7 mai 2014
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.