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Modernity: a non‐European conceptualization
Author(s) -
Mouzelis Nicos
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
the british journal of sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.826
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1468-4446
pISSN - 0007-1315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4446.1999.00141.x
Subject(s) - modernity , conceptualization , eurocentrism , ideology , sociology , modernization theory , epistemology , social science , anthropology , political science , philosophy , law , linguistics , politics
ABSTRACT In the light of insights drawn from historical sociology and Parsons' theory of differentiation/modernization, an attempt is made to conceptualize modernity in such a way as to avoid both eurocentrism and the total rejection of the concept by those who view it as an ideological means for the further advancement of western cultural imperialism.