Table of Contents

Preface.

Introduction.

1 The Enlightenment and the Birth of Social Science: Peter Hamilton.

2 The Development of the Modern State: David Held.

3 The Emergence of the Economy: Vivienne Brown.

4 Changing Social Structures: Class and Gender: Harriet Bradley.

5 The Cultural Formations of Modern Society: Robert Bocock.

6 The West and the Rest: Discourse and Power: Stuart Hall.

Acknowledgements.

Index

About the Author

Bram Gieben and Stuart Hall are the authors of The Formations of Modernity: Understanding Modern Societies an Introduction Book 1, published by Wiley.