Document Type : Research Paper
Abstract
"Modernity" is a simple and at the same time fundamental concept, the understanding of its evolution and development can provide a deep understanding of the nature of the emerging Western civilization. According to the theoretical approach of this article, the modernity should be considered as a Gestalt phenomenon. Therefore, this article attempts to explain the process of transformation in the "modernity" by using the Gestalt approach and show how the modernity has undergone a kind of metamorphosis in the context of the emerging Western civilization and, as a result, the modern subject has found a different perception of modernity. For this purpose, we will present a typology and periodization of the modernity. Based on typology, the modernity can be considered to include the three types of modernity, modernism and modernization, and based on periodization, it can be considered to include the three periods of early, middle and late. In this article, we will show how modernity in its later period has led to the emergence of a new form of Western civilization, in which we witness the birth of the risk society and the increasing importance of social rethinking.
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