With reference to the quote provided, David Held (1992) asserts to the reader the most fundamental step that is to be made within not only European society (by the citizens) but externally too (by the colonised themselves) to initiate change: resistance. As stated within the quote provided, in order to attain something new or rather something than to what one was previously acquainted with, the current order would need to be challenged: European society challenging the limitations placed upon individuals by the Church (traditional society), as well as the rejection of English modernity, forcefully implemented in non-European territories (the colonies rejection of English modernity).
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The processes invested within modern, democratic governance, has been, as well as continues to be problematic in democracy’s attempt of employing fair and effective rule, while not neglecting the one (the fall of the state’s system) or the other (the citizenry). Foucault emphasises that the art of governing, is one which most prominently entails the states control over the behaviour of the subjects it governs.
What is modernity?
Modernity, in accordance with the Oxford Concise Dictionary of Politics (2009), is stated as the “view of historical progression as a series of stages, reflecting intellectual, technological, economic, and political development”, relative to European society and its philosophers. Central to the writings of Immanuel Kant (2001), the Enlightenment movement, through which modernity originated, encourages ‘man’ to free himself from the chains of traditional society (secularism), with particular reference to the constraint endowed by religious rule in order to construct a new way of living.
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The various societies that are founded around the world today, were formed in accordance with what had occurred over time throughout history. Held emphasises that as a result of the ruling of an absolutist state in the past, “the development of modern political rule” was made possible. The transition from an absolutist state to a modern state occurred through the uprisings against the state’s system, such that evident through the French as well as English Revolution, movements that activated the transition process. There are various forms of modern rule when in the pursuit of a modern (democratic) state. Held (1992), provided four different “forms of the modern state”, including: a liberal state, a liberal democracy, constitutionalism and finally, a one-party
Held (1992) defined the modern state as “political apparatuses, …show more content…
The processes invested within modern, democratic governance, has been, as well as continues to be problematic in democracy’s attempt of employing fair and effective rule, while not neglecting the one (the fall of the state’s system) or the other (the citizenry). Foucault emphasises that the art of governing, is one which most prominently entails the states control over the behaviour of the subjects it governs.
What is modernity?
Modernity, in accordance with the Oxford Concise Dictionary of Politics (2009), is stated as the “view of historical progression as a series of stages, reflecting intellectual, technological, economic, and political development”, relative to European society and its philosophers. Central to the writings of Immanuel Kant (2001), the Enlightenment movement, through which modernity originated, encourages ‘man’ to free himself from the chains of traditional society (secularism), with particular reference to the constraint endowed by religious rule in order to construct a new way of living.
Poggi: democratic vs. …show more content…
The various societies that are founded around the world today, were formed in accordance with what had occurred over time throughout history. Held emphasises that as a result of the ruling of an absolutist state in the past, “the development of modern political rule” was made possible. The transition from an absolutist state to a modern state occurred through the uprisings against the state’s system, such that evident through the French as well as English Revolution, movements that activated the transition process. There are various forms of modern rule when in the pursuit of a modern (democratic) state. Held (1992), provided four different “forms of the modern state”, including: a liberal state, a liberal democracy, constitutionalism and finally, a one-party