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Modern Subjectivity and the Emergence of Global Modernity: Syntax and Semantics of Modern Times

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Today the routines of everyday life challenge religion. Many old gods ascend from their graves; they are disenchanted and hence take the form of impersonal forces. They strive to gain power over our lives and again they resume their eternal struggle with one another (Weber 1917, 149).

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Jung, D. (2019). Modern Subjectivity and the Emergence of Global Modernity: Syntax and Semantics of Modern Times. In: Jung, D., Stetter, S. (eds) Modern Subjectivities in World Society . Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90734-5_3

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