Recognising European Modernities - A Montage of the Present (Hardcover, illustrated edition)

For over a century, Europe has been characterized by a plurality of capitalist modernities. At any moment, each country possesses its own distinctly modern qualities which are partly shaped through interrelationships with other countries. Each European commodity society has experienced successive, but different overlapping, periods of industrial modernity (large scale factories and urban growth), high modernity (social modernization promoted by social engineering) and hypermodernity (the acceleration of modernity, yielding new circumstances and sensibilities). Interrogating contemporary, hypermodern Europe thus requires an exploration of industrial and high modern Europe. "Re-"cognising" European Modernities" explores a century of civilization through a critical examination of the extreme case of Sweden. Using montage - relayering multiple pasts and on-going present - the book challenges the contemporary obsession with "postmodernity", demanding a deeper, more connective understanding of the pleasures and dangers of the European present. The author visits three spectacular spaces: the Stockholm Exhibition of 1897, the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930 and the Globe.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 1995
First published:	1995
Authors:	Allan Pred
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	292
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-11904-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Political geography Promotions
LSN:	0-415-11904-9
Barcode:	9780415119047

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