Modernity Reconstructed: Imaginary, Institutions and Phases
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Modernity Reconstructed: Imaginary, Institutions and Phases
By (Author) Jos Maurcio Domingues
University of Wales Press
University of Wales Press
6th February 2006
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
306
Physical Properties
Hardback
250
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
567g
Description
Offering a contemporary perspective on the theory of modernity that differentiates it from its predecessors, this reconstruction has been expanded to include a fourth instrumental aspect. In addition to the recognition of the three parts of traditional modernity--freedom, equality, and solidarity--that follow the basic ideas of the constitutional revolutions of the 18th century, this updated vision introduces responsibility. Concerning itself with what the sociology of development, risk, and ecological crisis have added to these classical ideas, the addition of the fourth part, responsibility, seeks to recognize the experiences of successive eras, and the 20th century in particular.
Reviews
"Domingues discusses classical topics...in philosophy and sociology...and transforms them in a way that brings new and actual insights giving the subject his own style and character." Dr. Hauke Brunkhorst, Professor of Sociology, University of Flensburg, Germany.
Author Bio
J. M. Domingues is Executive Director of Luperj (Rio de Janeiro University Research Institute).He has published several books on sociological theory and has contributed to a number of leading journals in the field.
