What is the nature of modernity? How would each of the key thinkers we have encountered define it?
Are people like the Luo modern or not? In what sense? Why?
Is modernity always a loss? Is everything dissolved by the 'market mentality' described by Polanyi?
What makes something valuable for Luo? Is there one value, like utility or pleasure, or many values, e.g. moral, as well as material, or social as well as individual?
A guide to the unit
ANTH 6916: Culture and Development - The Key Concepts - A Guide to the Unit