Modernism

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  1. 2. a term used by sociologist George Ritzer in his book to define the process by which institutions in society become standardized and focused on efficiency and predictability.
  2. 5. An eighteenth century philosophical movement based on notions of progress through the application of reason and rationality. Enlightenment philosophers foresaw a world free from religious dogma, within human control
  3. 6. A set of doctrines or beliefs that are shared by the members of a social group or that form the basis of a political, economic, or other system (such as liberalism, conservatism, and communism).
  4. 7. The name given by Karl Polanyi to the historical moment, characterised by massive social, political, technological, economic, and intellectual change, which marks the beginning of modernity.
  5. 8. A preoccupation with calculating the most efficient means to achieve one's goals.
  6. 9. In very simple terms, it is a term designed to mark a distinct break from traditional ways of living.
  7. 11. a system of administration based upon organization into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc: designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner
  8. 12. an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
  9. 13. A form of political authority unique to modernity comprising various institutions such as the legislature, judiciary, police, armed forces, and central and local administration. It claims a monopoly of power and legitimacy within a bounded territory.
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  1. 1. The process whereby political, social, economic and cultural relations increasingly take on a global scale
  2. 3. the process through which cities grow while more and more people leave the countryside to go live in these cities
  3. 4. A cuIture centred on the promotion, sale and acquisition of consumer goods.
  4. 10. a period of development in the latter half of the 18th century that transformed largely rural, agrarian societies in Europe and America into industrialized, urban ones. Goods that had once been crafted by hand started to be produced in mass quantities by machines in factories.