Based on intensive, long-term study, this comparative book traces the role of ethics in the formation of modernity in four Western nations (the US, Britain, France, and Germany). MYnchOs analysis spans several centuries of historical and political development. While ethics has played a clear role in the WestOs transition to modernity, he shows that its role has varied substantially and that it has influenced the development of each nationOs political and social institutions. The book begins with an assessment of the ethics of the West in contrast with the East. MYnch then looks at the formation of the ethics of modernity from ancient Judaism to ascetic Protestantism and modern secularized culture. The Ethics of Modernity builds a systematic reconstruction of the ethical formation of modernity in its different stages and variations, concluding with current globalization trends.
| ISBN: | 9780847699209 |
| Publication date: | 20th December 2000 |
| Author: | Richard Münch |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 281 pages |
| Series: | Legacies of Social Thought |
| Genres: |
Ethics and moral philosophy Social theory Political science and theory |
Based on intensive, long-term study, this comparative book traces the role of ethics in the formation of modernity in four Western nations (the US, Britain, France, and Germany). MYnchOs analysis spans several centuries of historical and political development. While ethics has played a clear role in the WestOs transition to modernity, he shows that its role has varied substantially and that it has influenced the development of each nationOs political and social institutions. The book begins with an assessment of the ethics of the West in contrast with the East. MYnch then looks at the formation of the ethics of modernity from ancient Judaism to ascetic Protestantism and modern secularized culture. The Ethics of Modernity builds a systematic reconstruction of the ethical formation of modernity in its different stages and variations, concluding with current globalization trends.
The Ethics of Modernity features in the following genres: Ethics and moral philosophy, Social theory, Political science and theory
The Ethics of Modernity is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Ethics of Modernity was written by Richard Münch and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
The Ethics of Modernity has 281 pages
Yes it is part of Legacies of Social Thought series