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Multiple modernities : a tale of Scandinavian experiences /

Multiple Modernities approaches the concept of modernity through two historical phases of Norway. The first study focuses on the interplay between Lutheran state officials and popular movements in the nineteenth century as an essential aspect of the growth of social democracy. The second examination...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Skirbekk, Gunnar
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments vii
  • Introduction : how do we conceptualize modernization processes?
  • Processes of modernization in Norway in the 19th century : 1814-1884. Interplay between Lutheran state officials and popular movements
  • The interplay of persons and institutions : 1880-1920 : a local case
  • Modernization processes under democratic parliamentarianism until WWII : 1884-1940
  • An overview of early phases of modernization in Norway
  • Processes of modernization in Norway since WWII : social imaginaries and forms of rationality
  • Epistemic challenges and argumentative rationality : science and education, the public sphere, and politics
  • Processes of modernization in a globalized world : universality, plurality, and sustainability?
  • References
  • Index.