The Formations of Modernity (v. 1)

Formations of Modernity is a major introductory textbook offering an account of the important historical processes, institutions and ideas that have shaped the development of modern societies. This challenging and innovative book a mapsa the evolution of those distinctive forms of political, economic, social and cultural life which characterize modern societies, from their origins in early modern Europe to the nineteenth century. It examines the roots of modern knowledge and the birth of the social sciences in the Enlightenment, and analyses the impact on the emerging identity of a the Westa of its encounters through exploration, trade, conquest and colonization, with a other civilizationsa . Designed as an introduction to modern societies and modern sociological analyses, this book is of value to students on a wide variety of social science courses in universities and colleges and also to readers with no prior knowledge of sociology. Selected readings from a broad range of classical writers (Weber, Durkheim, Marx, Freud, Adam Smith, Montesquieu, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau) and contemporary thinkers (Michael Mann, E.P. Thompson, Edward Said) are integrated in each chapter, together with student questions and exercises.

ISBN 0745609600   Pages 352 ISBN13 9780745609607 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 700 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Published in Oxford Imprint Polity Press   Series title Introduction to sociology Format Paperback   Height (mm) 246 Publication date 01 Nov 1992   Width (mm) 187 DEWEY 306   Spine width (mm) 20 DEWEY edition DC20   Academic level Undergraduate, Professional / Scholarly, Postgraduate

Preface. Introduction. 1 The Enlightenment and the Birth of Social Science: Peter Hamilton. 2 The Development of the Modern State: David Held. 3 The Emergence of the Economy: Vivienne Brown. 4 Changing Social Structures: Class and Gender: Harriet Bradley. 5 The Cultural Formations of Modern Society: Robert Bocock. 6 The West and the Rest: Discourse and Power: Stuart Hall. Acknowledgements. Index

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