Latin America and Contemporary Modernity

A Sociological Interpretation

• Author(s): José Maurício Domingues,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 210
• ISBN_10: 1135924791
  ISBN_13: 9781135924799
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Economic Conditions , Political Science / Civil Rights , Political Science / Globalization , Political Science / World / Caribbean & Latin American , Social Science / General , Social Science / Anthropology / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries , Social Science / Regional Studies ,

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In this book, renowned author José Maurício Domingues places Latin America within the third phase of global modern civilization and offers a general theoretical approach to contemporary Latin America. He sees modernity as configured by episodic modernizing moves which, when counting on strong identity and organization as well as clear-cut projects, may assume the aspect of modernizing offensives. Highlighting subjects as law, rights and justice as well as globalization and development, Dominguez places Latin America in the uneven, combined and contradictory development of modern civilization and offers a final assessment of its possibilities and limits. The book will be of interest to researchers and students of modernity, globalization, Latin America, sociological theory and its key concepts.