Formative Modernities in the Early Modern Atlantic and Beyond: Identities, Polities and Glocal Economies
English | 2023 | ISBN: 9811984166 | 513 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 41 MB
This book offers a new perspective on the concept of modernity. Since its invention as a contrast to Antiquity or the Middle Ages, modernity has been tied to ideas of superiority, progress, and efficiency. As a counterpart to the Marxist "history of class struggle", "modernization theories" have transformed modernity into an almost teleological concept of historical development. These strong connotations obstruct a clear look at other forms of modernity.