make a list of the fources of modernity.
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Definitions and Characteristics of Modernity
- Rise of the nation state.
- Growth of tolerance as a political and social belief.
- Industrialization.
- Rise of mercantilism and capitalism.
- Discovery and colonization of the Non-Western world.
- Rise of representative democracy.
- Increasing role of science and technology.
- Urbanization.
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One common use of the term, "Early Modern" is to describe the condition of Western History either since the mid-1400's, or roughly the European discovery of moveable type and the printing press, or the early 1600's, the period associated with the rise of the Enlightenment project. These periods can be characterized by:
- Rise of the nation state
- Growth of tolerance as a political and social belief
- Industrialization
- Rise of mercantilism and capitalism
- Discovery and colonization of the Non-Western world
- Rise of representative democracy
- Increasing role of science and technology
- Urbanization
- Mass literacy
- Proliferation of mass media
- The Cartesian and Kantian distrust of tradition for autonomous reason
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Defining Characteristics of Modernity
There have been numerous attempts, particularly in the field of sociology, to understand what modernity is. A wide variety of terms are used to describe the society, social life, driving force, symptomatic mentality, or some other defining aspects of modernity. They include:
Bureaucracy--impersonal, social hierarchies that practice a division of labor and are marked by a regularity of method and procedure
Disenchantment of the world--the loss of sacred and metaphysical understandings of al facets of life and culture
Rationalization--the world can be understood and managed through a reasonable and logical system of objectively accessible theories and data
Secularization--the loss of religious influence and/or religious belief at a societal level
Alienation--isolation of the individual from systems of meaning--family, meaningful work, religion, clan, etc.
Commodification--the reduction of all aspects of life to objects of monetary consumption and exchange
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