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The Search for Fundamentals - The Process of Modernisation and the Quest for Meaning (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1995)
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The Search for Fundamentals - The Process of Modernisation and the Quest for Meaning (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1995)
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Modernity dissolves absolute certainties; late modernity dissolves
them absolutely. In the modern world system there appears to be no
firm, unchallenged ground on which to construct a meaningful
canopy. But around the world, many individuals and groups long for
a kind of cultural coherence that they believe once existed. They
search for fundamentals. While these may be sought in religious
traditions, many also aspire to new secular certainties. In their
various new forms and contexts the contemporary quests for meaning
in turn transform the societies in which they occur. The rich
comparative examples in The Search for Fundamentals are used to
analyze the sources and consequences of several cultural movements.
The book also offers theoretical reflections on the difficulties
they experience and on the message they carry for students of
modernity. Audience: A broad readership of scholars and advanced
students in the social sciences and humanities.
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