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Robert Pippin argued that this concept is “neverending” in a book titled for this concept “as a Philosophical Problem.” The “hospitality towards critique” of a form of this concept is likened to a caravanserai in one work. The key dynamics of this concept can be found in all civilizations according to Shmuel Eisenstadt, who developed the idea of multiple versions of it. A book titled for this concept argues we should recognize the rights of objects in a “Parliament of things.” The shift towards a “risk society” characterizes a (*) “reflexive” form of this concept, (10[1])according to Ulrich Beck and Anthony Giddens. Bruno Latour denied the distinction between nature (10[1])and culture in his book We Have Never Been (10[1])[this concept]. (10[1])A “liquid” form of this concept is the subject of the work of Zygmunt Bauman. For 10 points, name this concept, traditionally thought of as the period of time between the 18th and 20th centuries. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: modernity [or modernism; accept liquid modernity; accept We Have Never Been Modern; accept reflexive modernization; accept multiple modernities; accept “Modernity as a Philosophical Problem”; reject “postmodernism”]
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Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country9310
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut10710
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers11610
Jared HeYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up11810
Maude-Sophie Lockmanas rational as the square root of two power bottomsModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha15410

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