Modernity  (tagged articles)

Molding the Peasantry on the Road to Modernity: State and Peasant Relations in Russia and the Soviet Union

Sophia Hernandez Tragesser - This paper examines the peasantry's response to modernization measures taken by Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the pursuit of modernity, the Tsarist Russian and early Soviet regimes altered the nature of the peasantry... Keep Reading »

The Modern and the Traditional: African Women and Colonial Morality

Rabah Omer - “As Roman imperialism laid the foundations of the modern civilization, and led the wild barbarians of these islands along the path of progress, so in Africa today we are repaying the debt, and bringing to the dark places of the earth, the abode of barbarism and... Keep Reading »

The "Great Divergence" Redefined: the Rise and Fall of the West and the Recovery of China

Molly B. Kroker - Up until the 19th century, China held a position as a great world power. However, for the last two hundred years the West has dominated the world technologically, economically, and politically. The point at which the West began its relative dominance over all other... Keep Reading »

Overcoming Modernity in Yukio Mishima

Joseph Verbovszky - The relationship between Japan and Western Civilization has often been one of ambivalence. Little characterizes this relationship better than the conflict between traditional Japanese values, principles and sensibilities, identified as animistic naturalism, and Western... Keep Reading »
Photo: Bert Kaufmann SA-2

Technology and Justice: The Philosophy of Authenticity and Democratic Theory

Matthew McManus - "The sense of the world must lie outside the world. In the world, everything is as it is, and everything happens as it does happen: in it no value does exist-and if it did exist it would have no value. If there is any value that does have value, it must lie outside... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Modernity is tagged in the following 6 articles.

Russian History
2020, Vol. 12 No. 11
Molding the Peasantry on the Road to Modernity: State and Peasant Relations in Russia and the Soviet Union
By Sophia Hernandez Tragesser
This paper examines the peasantry's response to modernization measures taken by Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the pursuit of Modernity, the Tsarist Russian and early Soviet regimes altered... Read Article »
Russia Soviet Union Peasantry Modernity Russian History
Colonialism
2017, Vol. 9 No. 10
The Modern and the Traditional: African Women and Colonial Morality
By Rabah Omer
“As Roman imperialism laid the foundations of the modern civilization, and led the wild barbarians of these islands along the path of progress, so in Africa today we are repaying the debt, and bringing to the dark places of the earth, the... Read Article »
Morality African Women Dance Clothing Modernity Colonialism Sexuality Africa
China
2014, Vol. 6 No. 09
The "Great Divergence" Redefined: the Rise and Fall of the West and the Recovery of China
By Molly B. Kroker
Up until the 19th century, China held a position as a great world power. However, for the last two hundred years the West has dominated the world technologically, economically, and politically. The point at which the West began its relative dominance... Read Article »
China Chinese History Confucianism Modernity International Development
Japan
2013, Vol. 9 No. 2
Overcoming Modernity in Yukio Mishima
By Joseph Verbovszky
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The relationship between Japan and Western Civilization has often been one of ambivalence. Little characterizes this relationship better than the conflict between traditional Japanese values, principles and sensibilities, identified as animistic... Read Article »
Yukio Mishima Japan Modernity World War II
Moral Theory
2013, Vol. 5 No. 10
Technology and Justice: The Philosophy of Authenticity and Democratic Theory
By Matthew McManus
"The sense of the world must lie outside the world. In the world, everything is as it is, and everything happens as it does happen: in it no value does exist-and if it did exist it would have no value. If there is any value that does have value,... Read Article »
Democratic Theory Metaphysics Modernity Time Technology Descartes Habermas Heidegger Hegel Kant Kierkegaard John Stuart Mill Spinoza
Virgina Woolf
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
Virginia Woolf on the Role of the Artist in the Modern World
By Natasha L. Richter
Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse follows the development of the painter, Lily Briscoe, as she strives to create a meaningful space for her artwork in an increasingly critical and unkind world.  Woolf’s stylistic devices, especially... Read Article »
Virginia Woolf Modernism Poetry Art Form Time Impermanence Modernity To the Lighthouse

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