high modernity

English

Noun

high modernity (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of high modernism
    • 2018, Roel Meijer, The Quest for Modernity […] ‎, Routledge, →ISBN:
      High modernity, according to James C. Scott, claims to speak about the improvement of the human condition with the authority of scientific knowledge. Thus, it implies a radical break with history and tradition.
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