Reflections on the Modern and the Global Beams The first part of the

The first part of the book deals with model selection

an outspoken call for the reconstruction of America's ideas about its recent self

they make the following arguments: people hold distinct understandings of democracy

wars of religion

He offers a thought-provoking look

Reflections on the Modern and the Global Beams The first part of theOver the past five hundred years, historians and other social scientists have perceived an extraordinary occurance: the transition from the Middle Ages, via the Renaissance, to modernity. Equally remarkable has been the transition taking place in the last fifty years from modernity to globalization, a period marked by increasing interdependency and interconnectivity, as evidenced by events such as the advent of the computer. Bruce Mazlish argues that