Overview
- Offers a synthesized,up to date and comprehensive sociological interpretation of the course of European history
- Theorizes Europe as an ‘inter-civilizational constellation’ and gives recognition to intra-European plurality, and the global connections constitutive of European modernity
- Steers a course between the ‘grand narrative’ of Europe and the critique of the ‘dark side’ of European modernity
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Emergence of Modernity
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The Present and Its Discontents
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About this book
This book presents a historical and political sociology of European history and society. It offers a critical interpretation of the course of European history looking at the emergence of the idea of Europe and the formation of modernity.
Now fully updated, Delanty's second edition features commentary on Brexit, populism, the refugee crisis, and secessionism, as well as additional coverage of colonialism and the wider global context. The book will be in an invaluable resource for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of historical sociology, the history of Europe, nations and modernity, political sociology, and political and social theory.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Gerard Delanty is Professor of Sociology and Social & Political Thought, University of Sussex, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Formations of European Modernity
Book Subtitle: A Historical and Political Sociology of Europe
Authors: Gerard Delanty
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95435-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-95434-9Published: 07 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95435-6Published: 24 August 2018
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: LIX, 479
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Historical Sociology, Political Sociology, European History, European Politics, Sociological Theory