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Neal (sociology, Bowling Green State U.) discusses sociological perspectives on modernity through a variety of conceptual models. He considers the dynamic forces that created the modern world, with a focus on the intellectual perspectives based in the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, and the creation of civil society. The chapters examine technology, urbanism, consumerism, mass society, pluralism, and the knowledgeable society, while the last looks at the post-modernist critique of the historical forces set in motion by the Enlightenment. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
