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200 14$aThe end of modernity$b[electronic resource] $ewhat the financial and environmental crisis is really telling us /$fStuart Sim
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$d2010
215   $a1 online resource (233 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-7486-4035-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; 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
330   $aGlobal 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
606   $aCivilization, Modern$y21st century
606   $aGlobal Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
606   $aClimatic changes$xEnvironmental aspects
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