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"Multiple Modernities" approaches the concept of modernity through two historical phases of Norway. The first study focuses on the interplay between Lutheran state officials and popular movements in the nineteenth century as an essential aspect of the growth of social democracy. The second examination of modernization centers on twentieth-century Norway up to World War II. The book is balanced between theoretical remarks on conceptual issues (through the eyes of a trained philosopher rather than historian), an assessment of modernization processes, and a study of basic epistemic and structural challenges that confront us in our time. Scandinavian countries are often noted as cases of successful modernization processes. However, these references to a Scandinavian model tend to focus on the mid-twentieth century after World War II. In Skirbekk's view, the uniqueness of modernization processes in Scandinavia, for instance in Norway, is better conceived by focusing on the nineteenth century, with a continuation into the twentieth century.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History History: earliest times to present day

• Full title: Multiple Modernities
• Author: Gunnar Skirbekk
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 250
• EAN: 9789629964870
• ISBN: 9629964872
• ID: 01231368
• Publisher: The Chinese University Press
• Weight: 434 g
• Dimensions: 223 × 150 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. December 2011

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