Sociological perspectives on modernity : multiple models and competing realities (Record no. 214799)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780820495194
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Classification number 302.01 NEA
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Personal name "Neal, Arthur G."
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Title Sociological perspectives on modernity : multiple models and competing realities
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Peter Lang
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2007
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Extent 181p.
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Summary, etc. This book examines several sociological perspectives on the defining characteristics of modernity through the construction of conceptual models. Each model specifies the prime movers of the social system and the key agencies of change and development. According to one model, technology is the moving force in society, while another emphasizes metropolitan dominance, and yet another concentrates on materialistic values and consumerism. A growing number of social scientists perceive knowledge to be the driving force of modernity; yet others emphasize cultural pluralism or mass society. Because of the many ways dramatic changes are occurring in so many different directions at the same time, the multiple realities of modernity are recognized and clarified. Accelerations of experimentation and innovation are occurring in all areas of social life. The Enlightenment, the industrial revolution, and civil society are emphasized as the pathways to modernity. The themes of relativity, incompleteness, uncertainty, and fragmentation are implicated in postmodernist critiques of the values of the enlightenment.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Postmodernism-Social aspects
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  Not Missing Not Damaged   Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library   2020-02-08   302.01 NEA 133038 2020-02-08 2020-02-08 Books

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