The labyrinth of modernity : horizons, pathways, and mutations / Johann P. Arnason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Árnason, Jóhann Páll, 1940- author.

Series:

Social imaginaries

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Civilization, Modern--Philosophy.

Civilization, Modern.

Physical Description:

vii, 221 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

2. Modernity: One, Many, and Divided

3. Life Orders and Articulations

Perspectives on Capitalism

Domains of the Political

Meaning and Modernity

4. Contexts and Phases of Modernity

Periodizing Modernity

Lost, Found, and Faraway Modernities

5. The Road to St. Petersburg

Aspects of the Short Twentieth Century

Communism in Context

The Leninist Syndrome and Its Sources

6. The Soviet Model

The Formation of an Alternative Modernity

Totalitarianism in Context

Change and Crisis

7. East Asian Complications

The Civilizational Background

Politics and Religion

Transformations of the Soviet Model

After Maoism

The Question of Chinese Democracy

8. Concluding Reflections: Global Modernities in World Context

Civilizational Perspectives

Historical Landmarks and Conceptual Signposts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781786608673

1786608677

9781786608666

1786608669

OCLC:

1143623829