Summary
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Subject index
Aims to bring together a renewed perspective of critical theory and the theories of social movements in order to think about emancipation globally. Brings together contributions from all over the world in order to achieve a multifaceted standpoint.
Introduction
Background and Goals
The main objective of this book is the attempt to link the idea of global modernity to social contestation. In other words, to link a general view of contemporary social processes – which in sociology, in particular, have been theorized by the concept of modernity – with contemporary social movements, conflicts and mobilizations, which aim at social change. Although at different times some authors and debates tried to relate capitalism, labour movement or post-industrial society and the emergence of new social movements, current interpretations that try to relate modernity and the dynamics of social contestation, at a global level, seem insufficient. This book tries to fill this gap by bringing together contributions from distinguished scholars working in these ...
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