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The Dark Side of Modernity Jeffrey C. Alexander
Publisher: Wiley

Nov 23, 2010 - Following political scientist James Scott's list of “high modernist” projects that “aim at the rational reconstruction of large swathes of the material and social worlds,” Pickering discusses the “dark side” of modernity. Apr 22, 2013 - Yet there is also a dark side to modernity, which includes this continuing practice of domination over other species, and a kind of willful ignorance, at times, in regard to our dependence on the natural world. Oct 28, 2013 - Modernity's Shadow: The Dark Side of the Age of Reason. That's not necessarily my opinion — it is the name of the latest film by producer Daniel Gill. Therefore, I will suppose that, not God who is the source of truth but some evil demon, who is all powerful and cunning, has devoted all their energies to deceiving me. Sep 25, 2013 - Due to the diagonal, equally divided composition of the frame, the dark pinpricks that are humans are momentarily indistinguishable from the dark tombstones piercing the bright surface of the ground. Oct 25, 2010 - Hannah Arendt for example, asked us, disturbingly, to think of Eichman as just a bureaucrat trying to do the best for his career and family – as a creation of the dark side of modernity. 1: Trinity Church in New The tension in the shot created by that optical similarity, drastically separate in that one “mass” is in perpetual movement while the other is in literal, ultimate stasis, renders the side-by-side expression of life and death commonplace to the city (See Fig. Memories.] By Jonathan Bygraves Bram Stoker's vivid description of Jonathan Harker's journey into the dark heart of the Carpathians, detailed in the opening chapter of his novel Dracula, remains one of the most richly evocative passages… Harker's initial journey in Stoker's novel consists of travel first by train, then calèche, and finally in the Count's own personal carriage a progression from modernity, industry and capital to the ancient and feudal. Jan 14, 2010 - Modern Life is Rubbish.