Modernity, Globalisation and Late modernity

Question 1

What is the feature of nation states of modernity?

Answer 1

Bounded territories ruled by a powerful centralised state
Same language same culture
Social life organised on national basis
Mass education
Welfare
Legal institutions to regulate citizens

Question 2

What is the feature of industrialisation and capitalism of modernity?

Answer 2

Economy of modern societies involved mass urbanisation and the emergence of capitalism
Private ownership of the means of production and labourers

Question 3

What is the feature of rationality, science and technology of modernity?

Answer 3

Rational, secular and scientific ways of thinking dominate and influenced society and replaced religious explanations of the world
Age of enlightenment and empiricism
Science becomes increasingly important in industry, medicine and communications

Question 4

What are causes of globalisation?

Answer 4

Technology - flattens time and space
Economic - Production and distribution of weightless goods and services
Political changes
Changes in culture and identity - Cultural homgeneity