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Political Modernity and Beyond : Crisis, Struggles and Reconfigurations.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aboim, Sofia.
- Series:
- Entangled Inequalities: Exploring Global Asymmetries Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political sociology.
- Political culture.
- Civilization, Modern--21st century--Political aspects.
- Civilization, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- 2025.
- Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.
- Summary:
- Amidst rising tensions affecting democracy, capitalism and planetary life, this book discusses the multiple crises, processes and conflicts reconfiguring modernity. Tracking the political, social and ecological dynamics at play, it offers a critical perspective on the forces that may redefine the futures of political modernity.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- About the Editors
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- PART I: Crisis
- 1. Democracy and Statehood: Varieties of (Pandemic) Crises and Their Consequences
- 2. The Fate of Democracy and the Weakening of Its Moral and Socio-Cultural Supports in Contemporary Societies: The Case of Chile
- 3. Taxing Political Modernity: Fiscal Relations in Europe Since 2020
- 4. Modernity and the Anthropocene: Between Rupture and Fulfilment
- PART II: Struggles
- 5. From the Geopolitics of Inter-Imperial Rivalry to the Geo-Ideology of Inter-Civilizational Struggle
- 6. Empire Reloaded: Rethinking Modernity through Territorial and Digital Border Crises
- 7. Intersectional Situations and Political Choices: Far-Right Voters in Brazil and Germany
- 8. Racial Capitalism, the Politics of Care, and People as Profit
- PART III: Reconfigurations
- 9. Modernity and Its Horizon Today: Phases, Challenges and Perspectives
- 10. Re-Modernity: Making Sense of Social Experience in Times of Digital Platforms, New State Interventionism and Technological Megalomania
- 11. Post-Disciplinary Science and Post-National Politics: Rethinking Political Modernity
- 12. Global Perspectives on Local Solutions: eHealth and Digital Divide through the Comparative Law Lens
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-04-060802-7
- 1-04-057914-0
- 1-003-65018-X
- 9781003650188
- OCLC:
- 1568061228
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