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Singularity: a new key for the sociological diagnosis of the present time? [Ressenya de llibre]
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Triggered by Jean-François Lyotard's Condition postmoderne (1979), but translated to sociology by Ulrich Beck's Risikogesellschaft (1986), the debate about transformations of modernity has been going on for several decades by now. The initial challenge was to overcome the notion that "modern societies", once firmly established, would no longer undergo major social transformations. By the early 1990s, this objective could be considered accomplished
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WAGNER, Peter. Singularity: a new key for the sociological diagnosis of the present time? [Ressenya de llibre]. European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie. 2018. Vol. 59, num. 3, pags. 524-532. ISSN 0003-9756. [consulted: 15 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/129881