The Labyrinth of Modernity: Horizons, Pathways and Mutations

by Jóhann P. Árnason and Johann P. Arnason emeritus professor of sociology La Trobe University Australia

Book Overview

Offering a vital reflection on the unity and diversity of the modern world, this important new book connects with the current debate on multiple modernities and argues that this notion can only be properly understood in a civilizational context. Johann Arnason presupposes the idea of modernity as a new civilization with its specific social imaginary, centred on strong visions of human autonomy but open to differentiation on institutional and ideological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786608677
• ISBN13: 9781786608673
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"