European Modernity - A Global Approach

It is often taken for granted that modernity emerged in Europe and diffused from there across the world. This book questions that assumption and re-examines the question of European modernity in the light of world history. Bo Strath and Peter Wagner re-position Europe in the global context of the 19th and 20th centuries. They show that Europe is less modern than has been assumed, and modernity less European and thus decentre Europe in a way that makes room for a wider historical perspective. Adopting a thematic structure, the authors reconceive the idea of European modernity in relation to key topics such as democracy, capitalism and market society, individual autonomy, religion and politics. opean Modernity is an important addition to the literature that will be of interest to all students and scholars of modern European history.

About the author

Bo Stråth is Emeritus Professor of Nordic, European and World History at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He also taught contemporary history at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.Peter Wagner is Research Professor at the Catalan Institute for Advanced Studies and Research (ICREA) at the University of Barcelona, Spain.

Product details

• Authors: Str@00000041@#229, Str229, Bo Stråth, Bo th, Peter Wagner
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.07.2017
• EAN: 9781350007079
• ISBN: 978-1-350-00707-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Europe’s Legacy in the Modern World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799