Summary Of "The Myth Of Modernity: Reason And Social Actor" By Berta Horen

We have summarized here the essential of this book by the author.

THE CHANGES THAT MODERNITY BROUGHT

This work intends to reflect on the political, social and technological changes that occurred at the end of the 18th century and the repercussions they had. For this reason, the DOUBLE REVOLUTION (Industrial Revolution 1750-1830, French Revolution 1789) will be analyzed.

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION TOOK PLACE IN ENGLAND AND WAS FUNDAMENTALLY OF AN ECONOMIC NATURE: IT REVOLUTIONIZED THE ENTIRE PRODUCTIVE STRUCTURE DESTROYING EVEN THE LAST ECONOMIC VESTIGES OF FEUDALISM

INSTEAD THE FRENCH REVOLUTION WAS A POLITICAL REVOLUTION THAT BROUGHT DOWN THE ABSOLUTE MONARCHY IN THE MOST POPULATED AND POWERFUL COUNTRY IN EUROPE AT THAT TIM