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6When `the Light of the Great Cultural Problems Moves on': On the Possibility of a Cultural Theory of ModernityThesis Eleven 61 (1): 25-40. 2000.Comparative analysis of civilizations has recently revived and has led into a debate about varieties of modernity. This connection between an empirically defined area of study, `civilizations', and a theme that is predominantly seen as conceptual, `modernity', is a peculiar one and raises crucial questions for any social theory. Can `modernity' be located spatio-temporally among the civilizations? Is it itself a civilization (or the successor to all civilizations), or does it not rather refer to…Read more
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Chemnitz University of TechnologyRegular Faculty
Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany