Chapter 5 Modernity and Changing Patterns of Intolerance

Abstract

As we saw in Chapter 3, there are two aspects of individualism and “personhood.” In the first instance, “personhood” gives individuals more options in negotiating their identities in society. But “individualism” also means that persons are also held individually liable for the achievement of societal goals. Displaying civic responsibility is after all part of the modern definition of proper citizens.

Citation

Kamens, D.H. (2012), "Chapter 5 Modernity and Changing Patterns of Intolerance", Kamens, D.H. (Ed.) Beyond the Nation-State (Research in the Sociology of Education, Vol. 18), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 121-156. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3539(2012)0000018009