Author: Liana M. Daher Abstract Is modernity a socio-historical period that can be said to be definitively concluded for sociological studies? If so, can we describe it as being temporally and spatially defined, or is it feasible to point to a series of consequences that are directly linked to modernity and the related course of […]
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Author: Francesco Antonelli Abstract The thesis supported in this contribution is that it is not possible to think and define contemporaneity without building some kind of comparison with modernity. In the first part of the paper the analysis aims to build an ideal type of modernity: rationalization, subjectivation and sociocultural hybridization are the points of
Author: Francesco Antonelli Abstract Are the ideas of modernity and modernisation even now effectiveness to discuss the main issues of contemporary societies? Are we about to experience a “third modernity”? The paper introduces the special issue focused on such questions. Keywords: Modernity, Post-modernity, Social Theory DOI: https://doi.org/10.13131/unipi/8hd8-4n60 Notes on contributors FRANCESCO ANTONELLI è Professore di