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Futures of Modernity
. Ed(S): Heinlein, Michael; Kropp, Cordula; Neumer, Judith; Poferl, Angelika; Romhild, Regina
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Paperback. Editor(s): Heinlein, Michael; Kropp, Cordula; Neumer, Judith; Poferl, Angelika; Romhild, Regina. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 b/w & 3 colour illus. BIC Classification: HB; JFFR; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Global risks, mobilities and interdependencies transnationalize local life and working worlds. These processes lead to an inner globalization of societies in which worldwide constellations of »reflexive« (Ulrich Beck), »multiple« (Shmuel N. Eisenstadt), »entangled« (Shalini Randeria) and »global« (Arjun Appadurai) modernities simultaneously and immediately clash in social action: a process of cosmopolitanization in which »the global« is localized and »the local« is globalized in radical new ways. In this book, an international selection of prominent critical thinkers address this premise and provide their interpretations of imminent challenges, concomitant social dynamics and political implications. With contributions by Arjun Appadurai, Zygmunt Bauman, Ulrich ... Read more
Global risks, mobilities and interdependencies transnationalize local life and working worlds. These processes lead to an inner globalization of societies in which worldwide constellations of »reflexive« (Ulrich Beck), »multiple« (Shmuel N. Eisenstadt), »entangled« (Shalini Randeria) and »global« (Arjun Appadurai) modernities simultaneously and immediately clash in social action: a process of cosmopolitanization in which »the global« is localized and »the local« is globalized in radical new ways. In this book, an international selection of prominent critical thinkers address this premise and provide their interpretations of imminent challenges, concomitant social dynamics and political implications. With contributions by Arjun Appadurai, Zygmunt Bauman, Ulrich ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837620764
SKU
V9783837620764
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About . Ed(S): Heinlein, Michael; Kropp, Cordula; Neumer, Judith; Poferl, Angelika; Romhild, Regina
Michael Heinlein (Dr. phil.) is a sociologist at the LMU Munich, Germany. Cordula Kropp (Prof. Dr.) is a sociologist and heads the Chair of Environmental and Technical Sociology and the Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Research (ZIRIUS) at Universität Stuttgart. She conducts research into socio-ecological transformation processes and infrastructure change projects. Judith Neumer is a sociologist at the Institute ... Read more
Reviews for Futures of Modernity
Reviewed in: PERIPHERIE, 133/34 (2014), Reinhart Kößler