The British Journal of Sociology
Volume 50 No. 1 March l999
pages 141-159
Abstract
In the light of insights drawn from historical sociology and Parsons' theory of differentiation/modernization, an attempt is made to conceptualize modernity in such a way as to avoid both eurocentrism, and the total rejection of the concept by those who view it as an ideological means for the further advancement of western cultural imperialism
Keywords: late modernity, eurocentrism, differentiation, value generalizations, globalization
Nicos Mouzelis