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The Search for Fundamentals. The Process of Modernisation and the Quest for Meaning.
. Ed(S): Tijssen, Lieteke Van Vucht,; Berting, Jan; Lechner, Frank
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Hardback. Uses comparative examples to analyze the sources and consequences of several cultural movements. This book also offers theoretical reflections on the difficulties individuals experience and on the message they carry for students of modernity. It is useful for a readership of scholars and advanced students in the social sciences and humanities. Editor(s): Tijssen, Lieteke van Vucht,; Berting, Jan; Lechner, Frank. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
Modernity dissolves absolute certainties; late modernity dissolves them absolutely. In the modern world system there appears to be no firm, unchallenged ground on which to construct a meaningful canopy. But around the world, many individuals and groups long for a kind of cultural coherence that they believe once existed. They search for fundamentals. While these may be sought in religious traditions, many also aspire to new secular certainties. In their various new forms and contexts the contemporary quests for meaning in turn transform the societies in which they occur. The rich comparative ... Read more
Modernity dissolves absolute certainties; late modernity dissolves them absolutely. In the modern world system there appears to be no firm, unchallenged ground on which to construct a meaningful canopy. But around the world, many individuals and groups long for a kind of cultural coherence that they believe once existed. They search for fundamentals. While these may be sought in religious traditions, many also aspire to new secular certainties. In their various new forms and contexts the contemporary quests for meaning in turn transform the societies in which they occur. The rich comparative ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792335429
SKU
V9780792335429
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99-15
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