Modernity An Introduction to Modern Societies

Name: Modernity An Introduction to Modern Societies
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ISBN: 9781557867162

ISBN-10: 155786716X

ISBN-13: 9781557867162

Edition: 1996

Authors: Stuart Hall, David Held, Don Hubert, Kenneth Thompson

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Understanding Modern Societies is a new sociology textbook which provides a comprehensive and stimulating introduction to the history, sociology and ideas of modern society. It has been written for students and readers who have no prior knowledge of sociology, and is designed to be used in a variety of social science courses in universities and colleges, The book is divided into three parts, corresponding to the formation, consolidation and prospects of modernity. From the start, four major social processes are identified: the social, the cultural, the political, and the economic. These form the basis of the four chapters in Part 1, and organize the narrative or 'story-line' of the rest of…

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List price: $84.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/23/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 690
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.596
Language: English




Formations of Modernity:Introduction




the Enlightenment and the Birth of Social Science




the Development of the Modern State




the Emergence of the Economy




Changing Social Structures: Class and Gender




the Cultural Formations of Modern Society




the West and the Rest: Discourse and Power




Structures and Process of Modernity:Introduction




the State in Advanced Capitalist Societies




Fordism and Modern Industry




Divisions of Labour




Women and the Domestic Sphere




the Body and Sexuality




Religion, Values and Ideology




Modernity and its Futures:Introduction




the 1989 Revolutions and the Triumph of Liberalism




A Global Society? Anthony McGrew



Environmental Challenges




Post-Industrialism/Post-Fordism




Social Pluralism and Post-Modernity




the Question of Cultural Identity




the Enlightenment Project Revisited