Transformation of Modernity

Mikael Carleheden, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Michael Hviid Jacobsen, Aalborg University, Denmark

• Contents: Introduction, Mikael Carleheden and Michael Hviid Jacobsen. General Aspects: Time-consciousness and transformation: on modernity’s relation to the future, Nikolas Kompridis; From industrial modernity to risk modernity? a critical discussion of the theory of risk society, Klaus Rasborg; Early reflective modernity: the differentiation of political reflexivity, Gorm Harste; Modernity and its archive: the principle of insufficient reason, Bo Isenberg; Rethinking the Epochs of Western modernity, Mikael Carleheden. Identity, Sexuality and the Intimate Sphere: Modern and postmodern themes in American sexual politics, Steven Seidman; Private sexuality, public morality and modern sexology: what prospects of sexuality in times of uncertainty?, Michael Hviid Jacobsen; If people believe ideas are real...: women’s self-perception as active individuals in late modernity, Catharina Juul Kristensen; Transformations of identities in rapidly changing societies, Lars Dencik. Globalization, Knowledge and Democracy: Global society as the crisis of democracy, Hauke Brunkhorst; Professions on the road to global power: the case of the legal profession, Margareta Bertilsson; Modern reflexive leadership, Ojvind Larsen; Contributors; Index.