Modernization and Modernity

3 Novembro 2025, 11:00 • Joao Paulo Henriques

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# Parsons, Talcott (1971), The System of Modern Societies, Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall [esp. chap.2 “Theoretical orientations”, pp. 4-28].

a.     Social system and pattern-variables.
b.     Differentiation, universalism, and social mobility

Durkheim. Marx, Weber and Modernity

7 Outubro 2025, 14:30 • Joao Paulo Henriques

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Application of the theory of the classics of Sociology to the case study of the development of the Persian Gulf countries.

Durkheim, Marx , Weber and Modernity

7 Outubro 2025, 11:00 • Joao Paulo Henriques

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Application of the theory of the classics of Sociology to the case study of the development of the Persian Gulf countries.

Modernity as rationalisation

6 Outubro 2025, 14:30 • Joao Paulo Henriques

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Modernity as rationalisation

6 Outubro 2025, 11:00 • Joao Paulo Henriques

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a. Causal pluralism and comparative history.
b. Rationalisation, technologies, and institutions.
c. Capitalism, contingency and development.