High Modernity
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| - | High modernity is a process that continues the proces of [[modernity]]. It continess on processes like rationality, urbanization and technological advance. Because of the accelerating changes, high modernity increases uncertainty. High modernity caused a change between modernization and time and between modernization and space. The relationship between modernization and time has changed because modernity is institutionally reflexive. This means that | + | High modernity is a process that continues the proces of [[modernity]]. It continess on processes like rationality, urbanization and technological advance. Because of the accelerating changes, high modernity increases uncertainty. High modernity caused a change between modernization and time and between modernization and space. The relationship between modernization and time has changed because modernity is institutionally reflexive. This means that the importance of time changed because people have the ability to be consciouss about their doing and thinking. One of the causes of this reflexivity is the [[de-traditionalisation]] of the society. Traditions become less important. The past is not honoured anymore and symbols have lost many in value. Peoples attitudes towards the past have been changed, now it is seen as nostalgia, heritages and sense of loss. For example: in history a divorce of the marriage was |
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High Modernity
High modernity is a process that continues the proces of modernity. It continess on processes like rationality, urbanization and technological advance. Because of the accelerating changes, high modernity increases uncertainty. High modernity caused a change between modernization and time and between modernization and space. The relationship between modernization and time has changed because modernity is institutionally reflexive. This means that the importance of time changed because people have the ability to be consciouss about their doing and thinking. One of the causes of this reflexivity is the de-traditionalisation of the society. Traditions become less important. The past is not honoured anymore and symbols have lost many in value. Peoples attitudes towards the past have been changed, now it is seen as nostalgia, heritages and sense of loss. For example: in history a divorce of the marriage was
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