The Search for Fundamentals: The Process of Modernisation and the Quest for Meaning - Couverture souple

 
9789048145683: The Search for Fundamentals: The Process of Modernisation and the Quest for Meaning
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ISBN 10 : 9048145686 ISBN 13 : 9789048145683
Editeur : Springer, 2010

Synopsis

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 examples in The Search for Fundamentals are used to analyze the sources and consequences of several cultural movements. The book also offers theoretical reflections on the difficulties they experience and on the message they carry for students of modernity.
Audience: A broad readership of scholars and advanced students in the social sciences and humanities.

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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 examples in The Search for Fundamentals are used to analyze the sources and consequences of several cultural movements. The book also offers theoretical reflections on the difficulties they experience and on the message they carry for students of modernity.
Audience: A broad readership of scholars and advanced students in the social sciences and humanities.

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Éditeur
Springer
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9048145686
ISBN 13 
9789048145683
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
296
Éditeur
Van Vucht Tijssen Lieteke, Berting Jan, Lechner Frank
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0792335422 ISBN 13 :  9780792335429
Editeur : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995
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