The dark side of modernity
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The dark side of modernity
Polity Press, 2013
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-181) and index
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: hbk ISBN 9780745648217
内容説明
In this book, one of the world's leading social theorists presents a critical, alarmed, but also nuanced understanding of the post-traditional world we inhabit today. Jeffrey Alexander writes about modernity as historical time and social condition, but also as ideology and utopia. The idea of modernity embodies the Enlightenment's noble hopes for progress and rationality, but its reality brings great suffering and exposes the destructive impulses that continue to motivate humankind.
Alexander examines how twentieth-century theorists struggled to comprehend the Janus-faced character of modernity, which looks backward and forward at the same time. Weber linked the triumph of worldly asceticism to liberating autonomy but also ruthless domination, describing flights from rationalization as systemic and dangerous. Simmel pointed to the otherness haunting modernity, even as he normalized the stranger. Eisenstadt celebrated Axial Age transcendence, but acknowledged its increasing capacity for barbarity. Parsons heralded American community, but ignored modernity's fragmentations.
Rather than seeking to resolve modernity's contradictions, Alexander argues that social theory should accept its Janus-faced character. It is a dangerous delusion to think that modernity can eliminate evil. Civil inclusion and anti-civil exclusion are intertwined. Alexander enumerates dangerous frictions endemic to modernity, but he also suggests new lines of social amelioration and emotional repair.
目次
CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Social Theory between Progress and Apocalypse
Chapter 2: Autonomy and Domination: Weber's Cage
Chapter 3: Barbarism and Modernity: Eisenstadt's Regret
Chapter 4: Integration and Justice: Parsons' Utopia
Chapter 5: Despising Others: Simmel's Stranger
Chapter 6: Meaning Evil
Chapter 7: De-civilizing the Civil Sphere
Chapter 8: Psychotherapy as Central Institution
Chapter 9: The Frictions of Modernity and their Possible Repair
Notes
Bibliography
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: pb ISBN 9780745648224
内容説明
In this book, one of the world's leading social theorists presents a critical, alarmed, but also nuanced understanding of the post-traditional world we inhabit today. Jeffrey Alexander writes about modernity as historical time and social condition, but also as ideology and utopia. The idea of modernity embodies the Enlightenment's noble hopes for progress and rationality, but its reality brings great suffering and exposes the destructive impulses that continue to motivate humankind.
Alexander examines how twentieth-century theorists struggled to comprehend the Janus-faced character of modernity, which looks backward and forward at the same time. Weber linked the triumph of worldly asceticism to liberating autonomy but also ruthless domination, describing flights from rationalization as systemic and dangerous. Simmel pointed to the otherness haunting modernity, even as he normalized the stranger. Eisenstadt celebrated Axial Age transcendence, but acknowledged its increasing capacity for barbarity. Parsons heralded American community, but ignored modernity's fragmentations.
Rather than seeking to resolve modernity's contradictions, Alexander argues that social theory should accept its Janus-faced character. It is a dangerous delusion to think that modernity can eliminate evil. Civil inclusion and anti-civil exclusion are intertwined. Alexander enumerates dangerous frictions endemic to modernity, but he also suggests new lines of social amelioration and emotional repair.
目次
CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Social Theory between Progress and Apocalypse
Chapter 2: Autonomy and Domination: Weber's Cage
Chapter 3: Barbarism and Modernity: Eisenstadt's Regret
Chapter 4: Integration and Justice: Parsons' Utopia
Chapter 5: Despising Others: Simmel's Stranger
Chapter 6: Meaning Evil
Chapter 7: De-civilizing the Civil Sphere
Chapter 8: Psychotherapy as Central Institution
Chapter 9: The Frictions of Modernity and their Possible Repair
Notes
Bibliography
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