Definition of Modernity. Meaning of Modernity. Synonyms of Modernity

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Definition of Modernity

Modernity
Modernity Mo*der"ni*ty, n. Modernness; something modern. --Walpole.

Meaning of Modernity from wikipedia

- Modernity, a topic in the humanities and social sciences, is both a historical period (the modern era) and the ensemble of particular socio-cultural norms...
- Behavioral modernity is a suite of behavioral and cognitive traits believed to distinguish current Homo sapiens from other anatomically modern humans...
- The Malaise of Modernity is a book by the Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor based on his 1991 M****ey Lecture of the same title. Originally published...
- (post-modernity or the postmodern condition) is the economic or cultural state or condition of society which is said to exist after modernity. Some schools...
- between modernity and The Holocaust. The book has been seen as a criticism of modernity, as one of Bauman's arguments is that it was modernity that led...
- Late modernity (or liquid modernity) is the characterization of today's highly developed global societies as the continuation (or development) of modernity...
- Islam and modernity is a topic of discussion in contemporary sociology of religion. The history of Islam chronicles different interpretations and approaches...
- Second modernity is a phrase coined by the German sociologist Ulrich Beck, and is his word for the period after modernity. Where modernity broke down...
- Architecture and Modernity: A Critique is a 1999 architecture book by the architectural theoretician and historian Hilde Heynen. Starting from the first...
- period based primarily on the history of Europe and the broader concept of modernity. There is no exact date that marks the beginning or end of the period...