Introduction to a critique of modernity as a sociological concept

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Autor(a) principal: Feres Junior, João
Data de Publicação: 2010
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais
Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/8232
Resumo: This article borrows the methodological framework from the conceptual history, as well as some of the substantive findings from the principal essay of conceptual history on the concept of modernity by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, to criticize the present-day use of the concept of modernity by sociology, paying special attention to the sociology produced in Brazil. I demonstrate that two fundamental meanings historically associated with the concept of modernity are also present in the sociological material although in a rather non-reflexive manner. They are: modern as something opposed to traditional within a scheme of linear temporal evolution and modernity as a transitional period as opposed to that which is eternal and immutable. The lack of critical reflexivity on the concept combined with the plethora of meanings attributed to it lead to a situation entirely opposed to what one would expect from an analytical concept. Instead of clarity, we have confusion and the implicit importation and universalization of major ethnocentric European narratives, which sociology uses as a sort of measurement to evaluate non-European societies.
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spelling Introduction to a critique of modernity as a sociological conceptIntrodução a uma Crítica da Modernidade como Conceito SociológicoModernityConceptual historySociologyTemporalityMax Weber.ModernidadeHistória conceitualSociologiaTemporalidadeMax WeberThis article borrows the methodological framework from the conceptual history, as well as some of the substantive findings from the principal essay of conceptual history on the concept of modernity by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, to criticize the present-day use of the concept of modernity by sociology, paying special attention to the sociology produced in Brazil. I demonstrate that two fundamental meanings historically associated with the concept of modernity are also present in the sociological material although in a rather non-reflexive manner. They are: modern as something opposed to traditional within a scheme of linear temporal evolution and modernity as a transitional period as opposed to that which is eternal and immutable. The lack of critical reflexivity on the concept combined with the plethora of meanings attributed to it lead to a situation entirely opposed to what one would expect from an analytical concept. Instead of clarity, we have confusion and the implicit importation and universalization of major ethnocentric European narratives, which sociology uses as a sort of measurement to evaluate non-European societies.O presente artigo empresta a metodologia da história conceitual assim como os achados substantivos do principal ensaio de história conceitual sobre o conceito de modernidade, de autoria de Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, para articular uma crítica ao uso contemporâneo do conceito de “modernidade” por parte da sociologia, com ênfase para a sociologia brasileira. Mostro que dois significados fundamentais historicamente associados ao conceito se encontram replicados no material sociológico de maneira não reflexiva: o de moderno como oposto ao tradicional em um esquema temporal evolutivo linear, e o de modernidade no sentido de período transitório que se opõe ao eterno inamovível. A falta de reflexividade crítica acerca do conceito e a pletora de significados a ele atribuídos conduzem a um resultado contrário ao que se espera de um conceito “analítico”. Em vez de clareza, temos confusão e a importação implícita e universalização de grandes narrativas européias etnocêntricas, que a sociologia usa como medida para a avaliação de sociedades não-ocidentais.Universidade Estadual de Londrina2010-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/823210.5433/2176-6665.2010v15n2p28Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais; Vol. 15 No. 2 (2010); 28-41Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais; Vol. 15 Núm. 2 (2010); 28-41Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais; v. 15 n. 2 (2010); 28-412176-66651414-0543reponame:Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociaisinstname:Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)instacron:UELporhttps://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/8232/7183Copyright (c) 2010 João Feres Juniorinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFeres Junior, João2022-05-16T12:57:33Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/8232Revistahttps://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/indexPUBhttps://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/oaimediacoes@uel.br2176-66652176-6665opendoar:2023-01-13T10:37:36.395291Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais - Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Introduction to a critique of modernity as a sociological concept
Introdução a uma Crítica da Modernidade como Conceito Sociológico
title Introduction to a critique of modernity as a sociological concept
spellingShingle Introduction to a critique of modernity as a sociological concept
Feres Junior, João
Modernity
Conceptual history
Sociology
Temporality
Max Weber.
Modernidade
História conceitual
Sociologia
Temporalidade
Max Weber
title_short Introduction to a critique of modernity as a sociological concept
title_full Introduction to a critique of modernity as a sociological concept
title_fullStr Introduction to a critique of modernity as a sociological concept
title_full_unstemmed Introduction to a critique of modernity as a sociological concept
title_sort Introduction to a critique of modernity as a sociological concept
author Feres Junior, João
author_facet Feres Junior, João
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Feres Junior, João
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Modernity
Conceptual history
Sociology
Temporality
Max Weber.
Modernidade
História conceitual
Sociologia
Temporalidade
Max Weber
topic Modernity
Conceptual history
Sociology
Temporality
Max Weber.
Modernidade
História conceitual
Sociologia
Temporalidade
Max Weber
description This article borrows the methodological framework from the conceptual history, as well as some of the substantive findings from the principal essay of conceptual history on the concept of modernity by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, to criticize the present-day use of the concept of modernity by sociology, paying special attention to the sociology produced in Brazil. I demonstrate that two fundamental meanings historically associated with the concept of modernity are also present in the sociological material although in a rather non-reflexive manner. They are: modern as something opposed to traditional within a scheme of linear temporal evolution and modernity as a transitional period as opposed to that which is eternal and immutable. The lack of critical reflexivity on the concept combined with the plethora of meanings attributed to it lead to a situation entirely opposed to what one would expect from an analytical concept. Instead of clarity, we have confusion and the implicit importation and universalization of major ethnocentric European narratives, which sociology uses as a sort of measurement to evaluate non-European societies.
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