Jim ProctorAug 21, 2023
More on #Latour, two #modernities, and #ecomodernism, which appears to build on classic linear #modernization theory along Rostowian lines. What if We Have Never Been Modern in the #GlobalNorth / #GlobalSouth?: https://revisesociology.com/2017/09/19/modernization-theory/
Modernization Theory - ReviseSociology

By the end of the Second World War many of the countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America had failed to develop and remained poor, despite exposure to capitalism. There was concern amongst the leaders of the western developed countries, especially the United States, that communism might spread into many of these countries, potentially harming

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NatalieJan 5, 2023

#oneabstractaday #justpublished

The diversity of #modernities that can be observed in our world is linked to the claim of living in a global #modernity, in a world society. The book underpins this claim with numerous excursions into Islamic history. It criticises the view that #modernisation can be equated with westernisation and considers different projects of specifically Islamic modernities as integral parts of world society.

From this perspective, the study contributes to the "provincialisation" of European history in contemporary social scientific thought. Contrary to the theories of #postcolonialism associated with the call for the provincialisation of Europe, however, this book adheres to essential traditions of classical sociology. It thus aims to make a contribution to the social theoretical discussion on modernity.

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-39954-2

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Islam in Global Modernity

The diversity of modernities that can be observed in our world is linked to the claim of living in a global modernity, in a world society.

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