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This study introduces and systematizes 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. Each dimension is explored in turn, highlighting different aspects of the modern condition. While focusing on universal features, the scheme leaves ample room for capturing cross-regional diversity. The book's key argument is that we have entered a new phase of global, polycentric modernity which brings to a close several centuries of Western world domination and gives rise to a new world order.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social issues & processes

• Full title: Global Modernity
• Author: Volker Schmidt
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 110
• EAN: 9781137435804
• ISBN: 1137435801
• ID: 04772047
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Weight: 282 g
• Dimensions: 150 × 218 × 13 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. May 2014

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