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Lineages of Modernity

Hardcover • 2019 • 1. edition

Lineages of Modernity

By Emmanuel Todd

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About the book

In most developed countries there is a palpable sense of confusion about the contemporary state of the world. Much that was taken for granted a decade or two ago is being questioned, and there is a widespread urge to try and understand how we reached our present situation, and where we are heading. In this major new book, the leading sociologist, historical anthropologist and demographer Emmanuel Todd sheds fresh light on our current predicament by reconstructing the historical dynamics of human...Show more

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9781509534470

Publisher

Polity Press

Published year

2019

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1

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Lineages of Modernity

Format

Hardcover

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