Modernization
Title: Modernization
Category: /Social Sciences/Sociology
Details: Words: 447 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Modernization
Category: /Social Sciences/Sociology
Details: Words: 447 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
The perspectives of Weber, Marx, Durkheim, and Toennies all share the common
concept of modernization and the character of a modernized society; however, each had
relatively unique perspectives of the positive and negative effects on our society.
Each attributes the cause of modernization to the Industrial Revolution, citing the
development of a new mutual dependence based on economic diversity as opposed to
traditional communities based on close ties to family, friends and a shared specific
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technologies and
the arrival of the internet, we seem to be developing a global community where opinions,
ideas, and knowledge will be readily available to everyone. This has the possibility to
shape our future societies in ways that could never have been perceived by Toennies,
Durkheim, Weber, or Marx. Only time will reveal our destiny.
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1.<Tab/>Macionis J. & Gerber L: 2002. Sociology: Fourth Canadian Edition. Toronto: Prentice Hall