LEADER 03226nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910784932503321 005 20230725024547.0 010 $a1-282-74983-8 010 $a9786612749834 010 $a0-7486-4241-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748642410 035 $a(CKB)2670000000034653 035 $a(EBL)564511 035 $a(OCoLC)663976607 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000416836 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11262443 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416836 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10422997 035 $a(PQKB)11595222 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1962038 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC564511 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1962038 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10402739 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL274983 035 $a(OCoLC)903858578 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL564511 035 $a(DE-B1597)614545 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748642410 035 $a(OCoLC)1302164383 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000034653 100 $a20100125d2010 uys 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$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 615 0$aCivilization, Modern 615 0$aGlobal Financial Crisis, 2008-2009. 615 0$aClimatic changes$xEnvironmental aspects. 676 $a306.09051 700 $aSim$b Stuart$0144074 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784932503321 996 $aThe end of modernity$93793323 997 $aUNINA