{"product_id":"the-logic-of-compressed-modernity-9781509552887","title":"The Logic of Compressed Modernity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost theories of modernity are based, explicitly or implicitly, on the development of Western societies since the late medieval period, but these theories are of limited value for understanding the development of societies in Asia and other parts of the world, where the process of modernization took place under different circumstances and often in a rapid and highly compressed fashion – not over centuries but in decades.  Asian societies have been propelled into modernity too, but theirs is a compressed modernity, which displays very different traits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this important book, Chang Kyung-Sup provides a systematic account of this compressed modernity and uses it to analyse the extreme social changes, complexities and imbalances found in South Korea and other East Asian societies. While these changes enabled South Korea to modernize very quickly and achieve high levels of economic growth, they also created a society that is haunted by various developmental and civilizational costs, such as endemic generational conflicts, overloaded family responsibilities and exceptionally high suicide rates. As with other societies that have experienced compressed modernity, the South Korean “miracle” is replete with extreme and contradictory social traits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis pioneering work of the nature and consequences of compressed modernity will be of great interest to students and scholars of sociology, politics and development studies, as well as anyone interested in South Korea, Asia and postcolonial societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An original and fascinating work by a distinguished and globally versed Korean sociologist, critically reflecting on the societies of  the multi-faceted ‘compressed modernity’ coming out of the extraordinary rise and transformation of South Korea and of East Asia.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGöran Therborn, University of Cambridge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“An important view from the dynamic East Asia, this book is an excellent presentation of compressed modernity theory as a surpassing of classical modernization theory. A must-read for scholars of development and of South Korea and Asia in general.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaget Henry, Brown University\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Logic of Compressed Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e provides a stimulating discussion of the particularly relevant historical case of South Korea, from which Chang articulates key principles that help explain the past and orient the possible futures of “compressed” societies. I recommend brushing up on South Korea history first so that you are prepared to appreciate Chang’s eloquent theorizing from this case: the theoretical payoff is well worth it.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSocial Forces\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Logic of Compressed Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e is a culmination of Chang’s arduous effort since the last three decades to understand the phenomena of social, cultural, political and economic changes in South Korean society as seen through the lens of compressed modernity…The book will definitely be useful for anyone who wishes to understand contemporary South Korean society but also to the students and teachers of social sciences who wish to make sense of complexity of lived experiences of modernity in non-Western societies.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMillennial Asia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures, Tables and Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Compressed Modernity in Perspective\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Compressed Modernity: Constitutive Dimensions and Manifesting Units \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Compressed Modernity in the Universalist Perspective \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Structural Properties of Compressed Modernity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Internal Multiple Modernities: South Korea as Multiplex Theater Society \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Transformative Contributory Rights: Citizen(ship) in Compressed Modernity \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Complex-Culturalism vs. Multiculturalism \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Productive Maximization, Reproductive Meltdown\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Social Institutional Deficits and Infrastructural Familialism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. The Demographic Configuration of Compressed Modernity \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part III. After Compressed Modernity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. The Post-Compressed Modern Condition \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index ","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49372291727703,"sku":"9781509552887","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781509552887.jpg?v=1730162647","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-logic-of-compressed-modernity-9781509552887","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}