European modernity

• Verfasst von: Stråth, Bo [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Wagner, Peter [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: European modernity
• Titelzusatz: a global approach
• Institutionen: Bloomsbury Publishing [Verlag]
• Verf.angabe: Bo Stråth and Peter Wagner
• Ausgabe: First published
• Verlagsort: London ; Oxford ; New York ; New Delhi ; Sydney
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Jahr: 2017
• Umfang: ix, 248 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Europe's legacy in the modern world
• Fussnoten: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 219-233
• ISBN: 978-1-350-00707-9
• ISBN: 978-1-350-00706-2
• ISBN: 1-350-00706-4
• ISBN: 1-350-00707-2
• Schlagwörter: (g)Europa / (s)Sozioökonomischer Wandel / (s)Moderne
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-AusgabeStråth, Bo, 1943 - : European modernity. - London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017. - 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 248 Seiten)
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-AusgabeStråth, Bo, 1943 - : European modernity. - London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. - 1 Online-Ressource (x, 248 p)
• RVK-Notation: NK 1600
• RVK-Notation: NK 1500
• K10plus-PPN: 888040059

Abstract

"It is often taken for granted that modernity emerged in Europe and diffused from there across the world. This book questions that assumption and re-examines the question of European modernity in the light of world history. Bo Stråth and Peter Wagner re-position Europe in the global context of the 19th and 20th centuries. They show that Europe is less modern than has been assumed, and modernity less European and thus decentre Europe in a way that makes room for a wider historical perspective. Adopting a thematic structure, the authors reconceive the idea of European modernity in relation to key topics such as democracy, capitalism and market society, individual autonomy, religion and politics. European Modernity is an important addition to the literature that will be of interest to all students and scholars of modern European history"--Provided by publisher

Abstract

It is often taken for granted that modernity emerged in Europe and diffused from there across the world. This book questions that assumption and re-examines the question of European modernity in the light of world history. Bo Strath and Peter Wagner re-position Europe in the global context of the 19th and 20th0centuries. They show that Europe is less modern than has been assumed, and modernity less European and thus decentre Europe in a way that makes room for a wider historical perspective. Adopting a thematic structure, the authors reconceive the idea of European modernity in relation to key topics such democracy, industrial revolution and religion