1st Edition

Reflections on the Modern and the Global

By Daniel Hood, Bruce Mazlish Copyright 2014
172 Pages
by Routledge

170 Pages
by Routledge

170 Pages
by Routledge

Over the past five hundred years, historians and other social scientists have perceived an extraordinary occurance: the transition from the Middle Ages, via the Renaissance, to modernity. Equally remarkable has been the transition taking place in the last fifty years from modernity to globalization, a period marked by increasing interdependency and interconnectivity, as evidenced by events such... Read more
Acknowledgements Introduction 1 A Short History of Modernity 2 A Seeing Revolution: A View of Modernity 3 The Self 4 The Capitalist Society 5 Globalization: A Rupture 6 Periodizing Globalization 7 Global Importance of 1989 8 Globalization Nationalized 9 From the Sentiment of Humanity to the Concept of Humanity 10 Social Bonding, Globalization, and Humanity Conclusion Index

Biography

Bruce Mazlish