Modernity: An Introduction to Modern Societies

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Part 1: Formations of Modernity:.

Introduction: S. Hall (Open University).

1. The Enlightenment and the Birth of Social Science: P. Hamilton (Open University).

2. The Development of the Modern State: D. Held (Open University).

3. The Emergence of the Economy: V. Brown (Open University).

4. Changing Social Structures: Class and Gender: H. Bradley (University of Bristol).

5. The Cultural Formations of Modernity: R. Bocock (Open University).

6. The West and the Rest: Discourse and Power: S. Hall (Open University).

Part II: Structures and Processes of Modernity: .

Introduction: D. Hubert (University of Cambridge) and Kenneth Thompson (Open University).

7. The State in Advanced Industrial Societies: A. McGrew (Open University).

8. Fordism and Modern Industry: J. Allen (Open University).

9. Divisions of Labour: P. Braham (Open University).

10. Women and the Domestic Sphere: H Crowley (University of North London).

11. The Body and Sexuality: J. Weeks (South Bank University).

12. Religion, Values and Ideology: K. Thompson (Open University).

Part III: Modernity and its Futures:.

Introduction: S. Hall (Open University), D Held ((Open University), G McLennan (Massey University).

13. The 1989 Revolutions and the Triumph of Liberalism: D. Held (Open University).

14. A Global Society: A. McGrew (Open University).

15. Environmental Challenges: S. Yearley (Queen's University, Belfast).

16. Post-Industrialism / Post-Fordism; J. Allen (Open University).

17. Social Pluralism and Post-Modernity: K. Thompson (Open University).

18. The Question of Cultural Identity: S. Hall (Open University).

19. The Enlightenment Project Revisited: G. McLennan (Massey University).

Index.