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In search of second modernity: reinterpreting reflexive modernization in the context of multiple modernities

Raymond L.M. Lee

Ulrich Beck's contention that first modernity has metamorphosed into second or reflexive modernity is an attempt at explaining social change in Europe at the meta-level. This explanation involves raising the issues of contingency and boundaries to distinguish second from first modernity. A critique of these issues and their assumptions suggests an attempt to reinvent modernity without considering its shifting centre. It is argued that second modernity cannot be discussed in isolation from developments in the non-European world that have given rise to the concept of multiple modernities.

Key Words: Beck • Boundaries • Contingency • Modernities • Reflexivity

Social Science Information, Vol. 47, No. 1, 55-69 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0539018407085749
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