Author: Peter Wagner

Divided into two parts, this book examines the train of social theory from the 19th century, through to the ′organization of modernity′, in relatio...

This book argues that sociology has lost its ability to provide critical diagnoses of the present human condition because sociology has stopped con...

Divided into two parts, this book examines the train of social theory from the 19th century, through to the ′organization of modernity′, in relatio...

This book argues that sociology has lost its ability to provide critical diagnoses of the present human condition because sociology has stopped con...

First Published in 2004. Confusion reigns in sociological accounts of the curent condition of modernity. The story-lines from the 'end of the subje...

First Published in 2004. Confusion reigns in sociological accounts of the curent condition of modernity. The story-lines from the 'end of the subje...

We live in a modern age, but what does ‘modern’ mean and how can a reflection on ‘modernity’ help us to understand the world today? These are the q...

We are all modern today. But modernity today is not what it used to be. Over the past few decades, modernity has been radically changed by globaliz...

We are all modern today. But modernity today is not what it used to be. Over the past few decades, modernity has been radically changed by globaliz...

The term 'Global South' marks a new attempt at providing order and meaning in the current global political constellation, replacing the term 'Third...

This book acknowledges the severe problems with effective and significant collective action, but arrives at a more optimistic diagnosis of our time...

The idea of progress guided human expectations and actions for over two centuries. From the Enlightenment onwards, it was widely believed that the ...