Second modernity as a research agenda: theoretical and empirical explorations in the ‘meta‐change’ of modern society
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- 25 November 2005
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Sociology
- Vol. 56 (4) , 525-557
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-4446.2005.00082.x
Abstract
In this article we are reformulating the theory of reflexive modernization as an empirical research programme and summarize some of the most recent findings which have been produced by a research consortium in Munich (integrating four universities, funded by the German Research Society (DFG)). On this basis we reject the idea that Western societies at the beginning of the twenty-first century move from the modern to the post-modern. We argue that there has been no clear break with the basic principles of modernity but rather a transformation of basic institutions of modernity such as the nation-state and the nuclear family. We would suggest, therefore, that what we are witnessing is a second modernity. Finally, we reform the theory of reflexive modernization in reaction to three uttered objections.Keywords
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