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What Latin terms do modern and modo derive from?
What Latin terms do modern and modo derive from?
Which intellectual tradition locates the onset of the modern in the eighteenth-century secularization of knowledge?
Which intellectual tradition locates the onset of the modern in the eighteenth-century secularization of knowledge?
When did 'modern' first enter the English language?
When did 'modern' first enter the English language?
In what historic event does history and political science periodize the modern era?
In what historic event does history and political science periodize the modern era?
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What transformation did the concept of 'modern' promise by the nineteenth century?
What transformation did the concept of 'modern' promise by the nineteenth century?
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What event marks the beginning of the modern era according to economics?
What event marks the beginning of the modern era according to economics?
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What term was 'modern' no longer contrasted with by the mid-nineteenth century?
What term was 'modern' no longer contrasted with by the mid-nineteenth century?
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Which development is considered a hallmark of modernity as defined by the intellectual traditions mentioned in the text?
Which development is considered a hallmark of modernity as defined by the intellectual traditions mentioned in the text?
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'Modern' began to function as a keyword in what century?
'Modern' began to function as a keyword in what century?
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What did Western intellectuals and their publics promote as the endpoint of colonial 'development'?
What did Western intellectuals and their publics promote as the endpoint of colonial 'development'?
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What did 'modern' signify by the nineteenth century?
What did 'modern' signify by the nineteenth century?
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What term did British poet Kipling use to describe the responsibility he felt Westerners had towards other nations?
What term did British poet Kipling use to describe the responsibility he felt Westerners had towards other nations?
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