The end of modernity : what the financial and environmental crisis is really telling us / Stuart Sim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sim, Stuart.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Modern--21st century.

Civilization, Modern.

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Global financial crisis, global environmental crisis - what connects them? Stuart Sim claims they are both symptoms of the end of modernity, the cultural system that has prevailed in the West from the Enlightenment onwards. In this provocative book, Sim argues that the modern world's insatiable need for technologically-driven economic progress is unsustainable, and potentially destructive of the planet and its socio-economic systems. The new landscape this creates - socially, politically, economically, intellectually - is explored through an interdisciplinary approach, providing a wide-ranging

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I The End of Modernity? The Cultural Dimension; 1 Introduction: The End of Modernity; 2 Modernity: Promise and Reality; 3 Beyond Postmodernity; Part II The End of Modernity? The Economic Dimension; 4 Marx was Right, But . . .; 5 Diagnosing the Market: Fundamentalism as Cure, Fundamentalism as Disease; 6 Forget Friedman; Part III Beyond Modernity; 7 Learning from the Arts: Life After Modernism; 8 Politics After Modernity; 9 Conclusion: A Post- Progress World; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-74983-8

9786612749834

0-7486-4241-2

OCLC:

663976607