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What is the primary concern of First Modernity?
What is the primary concern of First Modernity?
What is the main characteristic of Second Modernity?
What is the main characteristic of Second Modernity?
What is the result of the differentiation of social and societal subsystems in First Modernity?
What is the result of the differentiation of social and societal subsystems in First Modernity?
What is the driving force behind Second Modernity?
What is the driving force behind Second Modernity?
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What is the consequence of the dissolution of communities and institutions in Second Modernity?
What is the consequence of the dissolution of communities and institutions in Second Modernity?
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What is the outcome of the socialization of nature in Second Modernity?
What is the outcome of the socialization of nature in Second Modernity?
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What is the primary focus of the technical project of modernity?
What is the primary focus of the technical project of modernity?
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What is the basis of the social project of modernity?
What is the basis of the social project of modernity?
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What is a necessary implication of the belief in natural, human rights?
What is a necessary implication of the belief in natural, human rights?
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What is the role of the democratic state in the social project of modernity?
What is the role of the democratic state in the social project of modernity?
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What is the primary goal of the technical project in terms of progress?
What is the primary goal of the technical project in terms of progress?
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How does the development of knowledge relate to the social project?
How does the development of knowledge relate to the social project?
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Study Notes
First Modernity
- Driven by six premises: nation-state society, programmatic individualization, employment society, nature as separate from society, scientifically defined concept of rationality, and functional differentiation
- Characterized by industrialization and the understanding of social and societal subsystems as separate, unique, and hierarchical systems
- Challenged by its success and unintended side effects
Second Modernity
- Driven by the side effects of first modernity, particularly the unintended consequences of industrialization
- Characterized as reflexive, as the process of modernization starts to relate actively to itself
- Focused on maintaining well-being while avoiding the side effects of first modernity
- Five key challenges: globalization, intensified individualization, global environmental crisis, gender revolution, and the Third Industrial Revolution
Characteristics of Second Modernity
- Post-national organization of politics and economy
- Dissolution of communities and institutions
- Post-full-time employment
- Socialization of nature
- Science of disenchantment: critique of rationality
- De-differentiation
The Technical and Social Project of Modernity
- Technical project: focused on scientific knowledge, empirically grounded, universal laws, enabling predictions, and progress through interventions
- Social project: focused on the nation-state and state system promoting stability, enabling the development of knowledge, and knowledge-based progress
- The social project is founded on the belief in natural, human rights, and the need for democratic government by consent of the governed
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Test your knowledge on the focus of progress in modernity, the technical and social projects, and the implications of beliefs in natural human rights. Explore the relationship between modern knowledge, science, democratic state responsibilities, and human rights.
