Browsing Working Papers by Subject "Modernity"

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    Title: Translating modernity : visions and uses of Europe in Finland  Author(s): NYGÅRD, Stefan Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Translating modernity to the periphery is a recurring theme in the discussions on Europe at its geocultural margins. In small and young countries such as Finland, “Europe” has been mobilized for nation-building in terms ...
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    Title: Islam and Secular Modernity under Western Eyes:A Genealogy of a Constitutive Relationship  Author(s): BRACKE, Sarah; FADIL, Nadia Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper considers the theoretical operations involved in sustaining secular modernity within the realm of social theory. It seeks to understand how the secular operates as an epistemological formation. We examine a set ...
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    Title: The City without Qualities. Political Theories of Globalization in European Cities  Author(s): DE FRANTZ, Monika Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: While urban political economy tends to generalize the functional economic pressures upon socio-political transformations of cities, European research has stressed the importance of historical context and political institutions. ...