Modernization of People: Theory and Practice

Author: Zheng Yongting
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: This book conducts research on the issue of human modernization in four parts. The first part examines the connotation and extension of human modernization, the historical development of human modernization in Western countries and China, the dimensions and perspectives of human modernization studied by different disciplines and schools, as well as the characteristics and indicator systems of human modernization. The second part primarily investigates the theories and methods of human modernization in developed countries, elaborates and critiques the views of major schools in Western countries that study human modernization, summarizes the basic characteristics of human modernization theories in developed countries, and organizes the ways that Western countries' human modernization can beed. The third part focuses on the fundamental contradictions, main characteristics, guiding theories, and practical issues of human modernization in China. It systematically and deeply analyzes the interactive progress between the development of modern science and technology and human modernization, studies the mutual constraints and deviations between the development of modern science and technology and human modernization, as well as the opportunities and risks of human modernization under modern social conditions. The fourth part emphasizes the exploration of the ways to achieve human modernization, primarily studying the prerequisites, core, and guarantees of human modernization from several levels such as concepts, capabilities, and systems, as well as the ideas and measures for human modernization.