Dilemas da modernidade no limiar do novo século: desafios teóricos

Fernando Lima Neto

doi:10.20336/rbs.978

Authors

Fernando Lima Neto PUC-Rio / Professor Adjunto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20336/rbs.978

Keywords:

sociological theory, modernity, multiple modernities, entangled modernities, non-Western modernities.

Abstract

The present article puts the theoretical problem of modernity in the historical context of the turn of the 21st century. The new theories of modernization indicate a turning point of modern reflexivity, which ceases to be merely an object, also establishing itself as a methodological resource for analysis. The intensification and expansion of the encounter between modernity and the non-Western world have offered sociology a fertile empirical field for the theoretical revision of its tools for interpreting reality. Drawing from Wittrock's theoretical approach on the cultural constitution of modernity, I refer to authors like Eisenstadt and Therborn to compare the theories of multiple modernities and entangled modernities. In light of these general delineations, I refer to the contributions of Chatterjee, Samman, and Göle to explore the discussion on modernity from the perspective of non-Western societies. Overall, these theories emphasize the non-coincidence between modernization and Westernization and the fact that the modern project has become global but not universal. The recent connections of meaning that have conferred legitimacy to the modern experience in the non-Western world constitute a new empirical field for an old theoretical question: what is modernity?

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Author Biography

Fernando Lima Neto, PUC-Rio / Professor Adjunto

Professor de Ciência Política no Departamento de Ciências Sociais e Coordenador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais (PPGCIS) da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).

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