Citation

Mouzelis N. Br. J. Sociol. 1999; 50(1): 141-159.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, London School of Economics and Political Science, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1468-4446.1999.00141.x

PMID

unavailable

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

differentiation; eurocentrism; globalization; Late modernity; value generalization