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 ide

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DOI: 10.1057/9781137435811.0001

10.1057/9781137435811 - Global Modernity, Volker H. Schmidt

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Global Modernity

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