Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Interlitteraria
Publication Date
2009
Volume
14
Issue
1
First Page
29
Last Page
40
Publisher
Tartu Uikooli Kirjastus OU
Abstract
In its non-specialist usage, the word “modern” simply means and in that sense people of all historical periods can justifiably describe themselves with the same adjective. In socio-historical studies, however, the concept of modernity has been specifically linked with the emergence of industrial societies which first came into being in northwestern Europe some two centuries ago. There are many things that have been said to characterize a modern society. Put in the most general sociological terms, such a society possesses a multiplicity of institutions which have been developed for distinctive missions and special tasks; in particular, a modern society is guided in its actions by the findings which have been obtained through science.
Print ISSN
14060701
E-ISSN
22284729
Full-text Version
Publisher’s Version
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Ding, E. (2009). Modernity vs Pre-modernity in a Global Literary Context. Interlitteraria, 14(1), 29-40, derived from www.ceeol.com.