03115nam 2200649Ia 450 991045932130332120200520144314.01-282-74983-897866127498340-7486-4241-2(CKB)2670000000034653(EBL)564511(OCoLC)663976607(SSID)ssj0000416836(PQKBManifestationID)11262443(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416836(PQKBWorkID)10422997(PQKB)11595222(MiAaPQ)EBC1962038(MiAaPQ)EBC564511(Au-PeEL)EBL1962038(CaPaEBR)ebr10402739(CaONFJC)MIL274983(OCoLC)903858578(Au-PeEL)EBL564511(EXLCZ)99267000000003465320100125d2010 uys 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe end of modernity[electronic resource] what the financial and environmental crisis is really telling us /Stuart Sim1st ed.Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press20101 online resource (233 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7486-4035-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexGlobal 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-rangingCivilization, Modern21st centuryGlobal Financial Crisis, 2008-2009Climatic changesEnvironmental aspectsElectronic books.Civilization, ModernGlobal Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.Climatic changesEnvironmental aspects.306.09051Sim Stuart144074MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459321303321The end of modernity2471642UNINA