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Autore |
Sim Stuart |
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Titolo |
The end of modernity [[electronic resource] ] : what the financial and environmental crisis is really telling us / / Stuart Sim |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-74983-8 |
9786612749834 |
0-7486-4241-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Civilization, Modern - 21st century |
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 |
Climatic changes - Environmental aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I The End of Modernity? The Cultural Dimension; 1 Introduction: The End of Modernity; 2 Modernity: Promise and Reality; 3 Beyond Postmodernity; Part II The End of Modernity? The Economic Dimension; 4 Marx was Right, But . . .; 5 Diagnosing the Market: Fundamentalism as Cure, Fundamentalism as Disease; 6 Forget Friedman; Part III Beyond Modernity; 7 Learning from the Arts: Life After Modernism; 8 Politics After Modernity; 9 Conclusion: A Post- Progress World; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Global financial crisis, global environmental crisis - what connects them? Stuart Sim claims they are both symptoms of the end of modernity, the cultural system that has prevailed in the West from the Enlightenment onwards. In this provocative book, Sim argues that the modern world's insatiable need for technologically-driven economic progress is unsustainable, and potentially destructive of the planet and its socio-economic systems. The new landscape this creates - socially, politically, economically, intellectually - is explored through an interdisciplinary approach, providing a wide-ranging |
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