Users Guide To The Century

Question 0

Economic convergence

Answer 0

1910 present
Non western catching up
Industrial economic political
Asia, Middle East Latin America

Question 1

Global economic divergence

Answer 1

Western dominance others lay behind

Global environmental impact is great but manageable

Question 2

Anthropocene

Answer 2

2050 Asia will be home to more than Half of global production

Question 3

Inequality

Answer 3

Gap between rich and poor is widening. Social exclusion disadvantaged

Question 4

Postmodern considerations

Answer 4

Moral and metaphysical uncertainty

Traditions crumbling

Question 5

Social atomism

Answer 5

Loss of collectivity

Increase in individualism

Question 6

First modernity

Answer 6

1780-1990 
Exploration of nature for development 
Full employment 
Progress control 
Nation state structures

Question 7

Second modernity

Answer 7

1990-now 
Globalization 
Individualizafikn 
Gender revolution 
Un and under employment 
Global risks

Question 8

Reflexive modernization

Answer 8

Modernity looking back upon itself regarding the unforeseen consequences

Question 9

Individualization

Answer 9

Not individualism

A community of collective each seek employment education to continue community

Question 10

The atrophy of social life

Answer 10

Talks about living alone, change in houses such as no front porch, huge backyards to shield from others, large houses- not enough time spent together as a family.