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1 Politics and Modernity under Contemporary Conditions
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Aurea Mota
and Peter Wagner
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- About the Authors vii
- Foreword and Acknowledgements viii
- Collective Action and Political Transformations: An Introduction 1
- 1 Politics and Modernity under Contemporary Conditions 14
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Part I Trajectories of Modernity: How We Arrived at Where We Are
- 2 Historical Interpretations of Modernity and Their Trajectories 35
- 3 An Asymmetrically Consolidated Modernity 50
- 4 Transformations of Modernity through Critique and Contestation 65
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Part II Freedom, Equality, Solidarity
- 5 Democracy and Capitalism 83
- 6 Inclusion and Exclusion 103
- 7 Political Equality and Social Inequality 124
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Part III Enlarging the Scope of Political Action
- 8 The Amazon, the Rhino and the Blue Sky over the Ruhr 145
- 9 Violence, Autonomy and Everyday Life in Democracies 159
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Part IV Rethinking the Possibilities of Political Agency
- 10 Democracy in Transformation 177
- 11 Entangled Histories, Possible Futures – South and North 196
- Notes 215
- References 237
- Index 252
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- About the Authors vii
- Foreword and Acknowledgements viii
- Collective Action and Political Transformations: An Introduction 1
- 1 Politics and Modernity under Contemporary Conditions 14
-
Part I Trajectories of Modernity: How We Arrived at Where We Are
- 2 Historical Interpretations of Modernity and Their Trajectories 35
- 3 An Asymmetrically Consolidated Modernity 50
- 4 Transformations of Modernity through Critique and Contestation 65
-
Part II Freedom, Equality, Solidarity
- 5 Democracy and Capitalism 83
- 6 Inclusion and Exclusion 103
- 7 Political Equality and Social Inequality 124
-
Part III Enlarging the Scope of Political Action
- 8 The Amazon, the Rhino and the Blue Sky over the Ruhr 145
- 9 Violence, Autonomy and Everyday Life in Democracies 159
-
Part IV Rethinking the Possibilities of Political Agency
- 10 Democracy in Transformation 177
- 11 Entangled Histories, Possible Futures – South and North 196
- Notes 215
- References 237
- Index 252