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Global Modernity A Conceptual Sketch /

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 co...

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Main Author: Schmidt, V. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137435811
Summary: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.
Physical Description:X, 110 p. online resource.
ISBN:9781137435811

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