Publication: Observaciones sobre el concepto de modernidad
Authors
Knöbl, Wolfgang
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Universidad de Murcia
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Abstract
Términos sociológicos como “modernización”, “sociedad moderna”,
“modernidad” o “modernidades” topan siempre con problemas teóricos ya que
todos ellos son, en palabras de W.B. Gallie, “conceptos esencialmente
contestados”. A pesar de buscar la esencia de esos conceptos, las humanidades y
las ciencias sociales tienen que analizar el modo en que se emplean como
“conceptos de lucha”, como herramientas conceptuales destinadas a la
consecución de los objetivos políticos propios.
ABSTRACT: Sociological terms like “modernization”, “modern society”, “modernity”, or “modernities” always run into theoretical problems since they all are – in words of W.B. Gallie – “essentially contested concepts”. Instead of searching for the essence of all these terms, the humanities and social sciences rather ought to analyse how they been used as “kampfbegriffe”, as conceptual tools designed for promoting one´s own political aims.
ABSTRACT: Sociological terms like “modernization”, “modern society”, “modernity”, or “modernities” always run into theoretical problems since they all are – in words of W.B. Gallie – “essentially contested concepts”. Instead of searching for the essence of all these terms, the humanities and social sciences rather ought to analyse how they been used as “kampfbegriffe”, as conceptual tools designed for promoting one´s own political aims.
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Sociología Histórica, nº 7, (2017)
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