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- ety developed, then, in the context of a faith in modernity. Indeed, the development of a theory of society was itself often taken as an expression of this modernity. Scientific social theory was a sign that society... ss is being reversed. For myself, I wonder if our modernity was real in the first place. While the end of the... ally live in today. We have learned to call this "modernity." For Durkheim, Weber and Marx, one of the main q
- the_pleasures_of_theory_-_a_rationale_for_the_unit_design
- by the systematising and commodifying aspects of modernity under different cultural conditions. In the fin... ally live in today. We have learned to call this ‘modernity’. For Durkheim, Weber and Marx, one of the main q... e past and the birth of a new era. The rupture of modernity meant different things to each of them, and meant... e must ask another question, “What if there is no modernity?” By the end of the class we will be able to look
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- do you see Weber's concepts having relevance? * Modernity? Are Luo modern? Are there different kinds of modernity? ## A guide to the unit ## {{page>6916guide}}
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- is week's discussion ## * What is the nature of modernity? How would each of the key thinkers we have encou... the Luo modern or not? In what sense? Why? * Is modernity always a loss? Is everything dissolved by the 'ma