The Logic of Compressed Modernity

ISBN-13: 9781509552894 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 240 str.

Chang Kyung-Sup

Recenzje

"An original and fascinating work by a distinguished and globally versed Korean sociologist, critically reflecting on the societies of the multi-faceted 'compressed modernity' coming out of the extraordinary rise and transformation of South Korea and of East Asia."Göran Therborn, University of Cambridge"An important view from the dynamic East Asia, this book is an excellent presentation of compressed modernity theory as a surpassing of classical modernization theory. A must-read for scholars of development and of South Korea and Asia in general."Paget Henry, Brown University

Spis treści

List of Figures, Tables and IllustrationsPrefacePart I. Compressed Modernity in PerspectiveChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Compressed Modernity: Constitutive Dimensions and Manifesting UnitsChapter 3. Compressed Modernity in the Universalist PerspectivePart II. Structural Properties of Compressed ModernityChapter 4. Internal Multiple Modernities: South Korea as Multiplex Theater SocietyChapter 5. Transformative Contributory Rights: Citizen(ship) in Compressed ModernityChapter 6. Complex-Culturalism vs. MulticulturalismChapter 7. Productive Maximization, Reproductive MeltdownChapter 8. Social Institutional Deficits and Infrastructural FamilialismChapter 9. The Demographic Configuration of Compressed ModernityPart III. After Compressed ModernityChapter 10. The Post-Compressed Modern ConditionNotesReferencesIndex

O autorze

Chang Kyung-Sup is a Professor of Sociology at Seoul National University.