Modernization Revisited: The Processes of Modernization in the World and China (Revised Edition)

Author: Luo Rongqu
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Publish Date: 2004-01-03
Features: This book is a new research achievement exploring the major topic of the modernization tide. From a macro-historical perspective, it treats modernization as a global transformation process and conducts an integrated study. It first proposes a monistic and multi-linear historical development view with productivity as the central axis of social development, using this to discuss the overall trend of world modernization and the profound social changes in modern China. It also conducts a specialized study on China's modernization path. The entire book employs interdisciplinary social scientific research methods, integrating theory with historical research, breaking through traditional and Western conventions, and elaborating many insightful perspectives.