The Ethics of Modernity: Formation and Transformation in Britain, France, Germany, and the United StatesBased on intensive, long-term study, this comparative book traces the role of ethics in the formation of modernity in four Western nations (the US, Britain, France, and Germany). MYnchOs analysis spans several centuries of historical and political development. While ethics has played a clear role in the WestOs transition to modernity, he shows that its role has varied substantially and that it has influenced the development of each nationOs political and social institutions. The book begins with an assessment of the ethics of the West in contrast with the East. MYnch then looks at the formation of the ethics of modernity from ancient Judaism to ascetic Protestantism and modern secularized culture. The Ethics of Modernity builds a systematic reconstruction of the ethical formation of modernity in its different stages and variations, concluding with current globalization trends. |
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... interest associations . The two domains of action must be linked together through social association among their ... interests have a dynamizing effect tending toward the dissolution of traditionalistic normative order , one can nev ...
... interest associations . The two domains of action must be linked together through social association among their ... interests have a dynamizing effect tending toward the dissolution of traditionalistic normative order , one can nev ...
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... interests . These two compo- nents structure the culture of British society : Activism is bound by tradition but also opened for change according to interest constellations ; rationality is a combination of common sense and the gradual ...
... interests . These two compo- nents structure the culture of British society : Activism is bound by tradition but also opened for change according to interest constellations ; rationality is a combination of common sense and the gradual ...
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... interests.58 The state's reduced interest in the intergroup consensus is due to the state's claim to represent the public interest , which has to be safeguarded against the particu- lar interests of societal groups . In line with this ...
... interests.58 The state's reduced interest in the intergroup consensus is due to the state's claim to represent the public interest , which has to be safeguarded against the particu- lar interests of societal groups . In line with this ...
Contents
A Comparative View | 15 |
From Ancient Judaism to Ascetic Protestantism | 34 |
Tradition and Reform | 118 |
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