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"Western modernity and capitalism are two different and autonomous historical processes. The sociocultural paradigm of modernity emerged between the sixteenth and the end of the eighteenth century, before industrial capitalism became dominant in today's core countries. From then on, the tw...

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Main Author: Santos, Boaventura de Sousa (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020
Edition:Third edition
Series:Law in context
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Summary:"Western modernity and capitalism are two different and autonomous historical processes. The sociocultural paradigm of modernity emerged between the sixteenth and the end of the eighteenth century, before industrial capitalism became dominant in today's core countries. From then on, the two historical processes converged and interpenetrated each other. However, the conditions and the dynamics of their development remained separate and relatively autonomous. Modernity did not presuppose capitalism as its own mode of production. Indeed, conceived as a mode of production, Marxist socialism is as much a part of modernity as capitalism. Conversely, the latter has coexisted with, and indeed thrived in conditions that, viewed from the perspective of the paradigm of modernity, would definitely be considered premodern or even antimodern"--
Physical Description:xxxi, 665 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 598-642) and indexes
ISBN:9781107157842
1107157846
9781316610459
1316610454