Multiple crisis, new responses: A new phase of modernity
José Maurício Dọmingues
What the paper says
This article examines the contemporary predicament of modernity. It outlines its former three phases, as they until recently followed one another, and a fourth phase, currently emerging, is conceptualized. This article provides a critical review of the literature about the former phases. It then turns to ongoing transformations in politics, with re-oligarchization and autocratic inroads, the return of great power rivalries and warfare; in the economy, through strong state intervention; due to the unprecedented challenge of climate change; in social policy, with its focus on the ‘poor’ and ‘social investment’; as to identities, with both the individuals and collectivities increasingly characterized by defensiveness and a rejection of the ‘other’. The crisis of liberalism, especially neoliberalism, underpins contemporary impasses, challenges and responses, further exacerbated by the climate change emergency. The transition to a new phase of modernity looks rather chaotic and its outlook gloomy, yet emancipatory possibilities must not be discarded right away.
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Evidence weight
Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40
| F · citation impact | 0.25 × 0.4 = 0.10 |
| M · momentum | 0.55 × 0.15 = 0.08 |
| V · venue signal | 0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03 |
| R · text relevance † | 0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20 |
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