Publication

2016 - Amsterdam University Press

Language

English

Word Count

123,000 words, Guess

Page Count

492 pages

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Classifications

  • LCCBJ1012.M63522 2016
  • LCCBJ1012 .M67 2016

Description

CONTENTS: 1. The question: from Adam Smith to our days. 2. Theoretical perspectives on modernization. 3. Introduction to Dutch society: Liquid modernity. 4. Symptoms of moral erosion: nuisance and violence. 5. Ordinary people and their highest ideals. 6. Modernization and the change of values. 7. Moral behaviour and professional life. 8. Moral sentiments and social imagination. 9. The moral healing of modern wounds. 10. Dutch society in the European context. 11. Modern society and moral defence. 12. Conclusion: Reinventing civil society.

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