Global Modernities J. Myrick Howard An essential companion for students

An essential companion for students across the social and health sciences

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Global Modernities J. Myrick Howard An essential companion for studentsThis contribution to the expanding area of globalization in sociological and cultural studies has two organizing themes: social theory and social change. The contributors, who include Zygmunt Bauman, Jonathan Friedman, Anthony King, Ann Game and Goran Therborn concentrate on the spatialization of social theory, and offer a critique of previous positions on the study of modernity which have tended to prioritize history. This study argues for a self