(from Lat. modernus, “new”; cf. Ger. Moderne) is a periodization concept which, though usage varies, properly designates the latter part of the modern age, in distinction from modern times (cf. Fr. temps modernes; Ital. eta moderna; Ger. Neuzeit), which refers to the modern age as a whole. There are various opinions as to exactly when modernity began. Koselleck proposes the earliest date for the beginning of modernity by stressing the importance of the “threshold of c. 1770” for “the transformation process (that led)…
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Figal, Günter, “Modernity”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 21 May 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_14305>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013
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