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Formations of European modernity

a historical and political sociology of Europe

Gerard Delanty

Abstract

This book presents a historical and political sociology of European history and society. It offers a critical interpretation of the course of European history looking at the emergence of the idea of Europe and the formation of modernity. Now fully updated, Delanty's second edition features commentary on Brexit, populism, the refugee crisis, and secessionism, as well as additional coverage of colonialism and the wider global context. The book will be in an invaluable resource for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of historical sociology, the history of Europe, nations and modernity, political sociology, and political and social theory.

Details | Table of Contents

Europe as a world historical region

a global perspective on the European formation of modernity

Gerard Delanty

pp.215-239

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95435-6_10
The historical regions of Europe

civilizational backgrounds and multiple routes to modernity

Gerard Delanty

pp.241-263

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95435-6_11
Europe since 1989

globalization, Europeanization and the crisis of the nation-state in late modernity

Gerard Delanty

pp.305-339

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95435-6_13
Age of Austerity

contradictions of capitalism and democracy and the crisis of European integration

Gerard Delanty

pp.341-363

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95435-6_14
"The centre cannot hold"

the return of nationalism and the spectre of authoritarian democracy

Gerard Delanty

pp.365-397

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95435-6_15
Memory, heritage and history

the European heritage as a conflict of interpretations

Gerard Delanty

pp.399-420

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95435-6_16

Publication details

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place: Basingstoke

Year: 2019

Pages: 479

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-95435-6

ISBN (hardback): 978-3-319-95434-9

ISBN (digital): 978-3-319-95435-6

Full citation:

Delanty Gerard (2019) Formations of European modernity: a historical and political sociology of Europe. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.