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All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: The Experience of Modernity All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: The Experience of Modernity (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,214 ratings — published 1981
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Liquid Modernity Liquid Modernity (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,131 ratings — published 1999
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A Secular Age A Secular Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,909 ratings — published 2007
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We Have Never Been Modern We Have Never Been Modern (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as modernity)
avg rating 3.91 — 2,700 ratings — published 1991
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Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,737 ratings — published 1989
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The Theological Origins of Modernity The Theological Origins of Modernity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.23 — 274 ratings — published 2008
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The Consequences of Modernity The Consequences of Modernity (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.79 — 992 ratings — published 1988
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After Virtue After Virtue (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.18 — 6,601 ratings — published 1982
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The Malaise of Modernity The Malaise of Modernity (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as modernity)
avg rating 3.76 — 709 ratings — published 1991
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Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as modernity)
avg rating 3.76 — 646 ratings — published 1991
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Modernity and the Holocaust Modernity and the Holocaust (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.40 — 1,550 ratings — published 1989
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Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as modernity)
avg rating 3.91 — 363 ratings — published 1990
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The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity: Twelve Lectures (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought) The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity: Twelve Lectures (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought)
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avg rating 3.90 — 1,266 ratings — published 1985
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Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 781 ratings — published 1996
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الدولة المستحيلة: الإسلام والسياسة ومأزق الحداثة الأخلاقي الدولة المستحيلة: الإسلام والسياسة ومأزق الحداثة الأخلاقي (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.02 — 956 ratings — published 2012
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Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.65 — 2,964 ratings — published 1992
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The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 389 ratings — published 2012
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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 35,840 ratings — published 2011
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Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 8,386 ratings — published 1947
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.17 — 40,559 ratings — published 1985
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The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.21 — 221 ratings — published 2017
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The Technological Society The Technological Society (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,283 ratings — published 1954
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The Legitimacy of the Modern Age (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought) The Legitimacy of the Modern Age (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought)
by (shelved 9 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.14 — 85 ratings — published 1983
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Social Acceleration: A New Theory of Modernity Social Acceleration: A New Theory of Modernity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.34 — 363 ratings — published 2005
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Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.21 — 7,228 ratings — published 1998
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The Crisis of Modernity (Volume 64) The Crisis of Modernity (Volume 64)
by (shelved 9 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.42 — 101 ratings — published 2014
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The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,352 ratings — published 1989
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Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as modernity)
avg rating 3.81 — 799 ratings — published 1986
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Formations of the Secular: Christianity, Islam, Modernity (Cultural Memory in the Present) Formations of the Secular: Christianity, Islam, Modernity (Cultural Memory in the Present)
by (shelved 9 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.06 — 476 ratings — published 2003
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Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.11 — 16,808 ratings — published 1983
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The Burnout Society The Burnout Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as modernity)
avg rating 3.84 — 33,410 ratings — published 2010
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Reforming Modernity: Ethics and the New Human in the Philosophy of Abdurrahman Taha Reforming Modernity: Ethics and the New Human in the Philosophy of Abdurrahman Taha (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.29 — 48 ratings — published
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The Enchantments of Mammon: How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity The Enchantments of Mammon: How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.30 — 295 ratings — published 2019
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The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914 The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914 (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as modernity)
avg rating 3.82 — 489 ratings — published 2003
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Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,992 ratings — published 1989
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Modern Social Imaginaries (Public Planet Books) Modern Social Imaginaries (Public Planet Books)
by (shelved 8 times as modernity)
avg rating 3.94 — 405 ratings — published 2003
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The Ethics of Authenticity The Ethics of Authenticity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as modernity)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,543 ratings — published 1991
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The Society of the Spectacle The Society of the Spectacle (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.03 — 24,127 ratings — published 1967
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The Crisis of the Modern World The Crisis of the Modern World (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 2,417 ratings — published 1927
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Technological Slavery Technological Slavery (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,407 ratings — published 2010
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Modernity on Endless Trial Modernity on Endless Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.15 — 103 ratings — published 1991
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Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of Modernity 1650-1750 Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of Modernity 1650-1750 (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.17 — 406 ratings — published 2001
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Restating Orientalism: A Critique of Modern Knowledge Restating Orientalism: A Critique of Modern Knowledge (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.21 — 123 ratings — published
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The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double-Consciousness The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double-Consciousness (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,379 ratings — published 1993
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The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as modernity)
avg rating 3.96 — 4,478 ratings — published 1978
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Why Liberalism Failed Why Liberalism Failed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as modernity)
avg rating 3.84 — 3,846 ratings — published 2018
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The Reign of Quantity & the Signs of the Times The Reign of Quantity & the Signs of the Times (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.33 — 745 ratings — published 1945
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Reactionary Modernism: Technology, Culture, and Politics in Weimar and the Third Reich Reactionary Modernism: Technology, Culture, and Politics in Weimar and the Third Reich (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as modernity)
avg rating 3.83 — 107 ratings — published 1984
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Wasted Lives: Modernity and Its Outcasts Wasted Lives: Modernity and Its Outcasts (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as modernity)
avg rating 4.09 — 708 ratings — published
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