Global Modernity [electronic resource] : A Conceptual Sketch /
Schmidt, V.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Phases of Modernity; 3 Epistemological and Methodological Challenges; 4 A Four-dimensional Scheme of Modernization; 4.1 Modernization of social systems; Society; Organizations; Interactions; 4.2 Modernization of culture; 4.3 Modernization of the person; 4.4 Modernization of the organism; 5 Global Modernization in Context; 6 Two Aspects of Polycentric Modernity; 7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Political philosophy.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Political theory.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Sociology.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
Political Theory.
Social Theory.
Philosophy of the Social Sciences.
Sociology, general.