Modernity as commodification

29 Setembro 2026, 14:30 • Joao Paulo Henriques

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a.       Evolution, technology, and class struggle
b.       Commodification, property, and wage labour.
c.       Capitalism, socialism, and development

Modernity as differentiation

28 Setembro 2026, 14:30 • Joao Paulo Henriques

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a.       Evolution, differentiation, and integration
b.       Differentiation, individualisation, and modes of solidarity.
c.       Modernity, anomie, and development

Modernity as differentiation

28 Setembro 2026, 11:00 • Luís António Pais Bernardo

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Introduction: modernity, change and development

22 Setembro 2026, 14:30 • Joao Paulo Henriques

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a.       Theories of social change
b.       The ideas of evolution, progress and development
c.       Modernity and development

Modernity, change and development

22 Setembro 2026, 11:00 • Luís António Pais Bernardo

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1. Change, progress, evolution and development;
2. Stages and historical comparison;
3. Progress, empire and racial hierarchy;
4. What counts as progress?