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- Williams begins with the word’s etymology (the study of the origin of words and the way

in which their meanings have changed throughout history).

- It’s root meaning.

- A word’s particular meaning at a given time is shaped by the then dominant groups in

society and culture.

- Meanings of things are not stable as they change over time.

- A group’s power to impose its meaning likely will be resisted, and over time can

be overthrown.

- Different groups of people and individuals have different meanings for words.

- Nature is a complex word that had a certain definition, and that definition

is different for people who believe in the nature movement because they

might feel that nature is also a human being and deserves to be treated

with respect.

- This leads to the meaning of a keyword being complex and complicated.

Keyword - Modernization:

- Contested and complex term.

- Under modernization means that now is better than then / before.

- Comparison between present and past.

- Modernization represents as an upward moving escalator of accomplishment and change.

- Only going forward and not back.

- Modernization as an idea came from Europe, and is partly a scheme to understand and

divide European history into periods (while ignoring non-Western history).

- Modernization is essentially a Eurocentric view.

Example:

1) Modernization starts with Renaissance (rebirth) after the dark ages in the 14th century.

2) The printing press and Reformation from the 15th and 16th centuries.

3) Age of enlightenment and the scientific revolution in the 17th century.

a) Another nail in the coffin of tradition / religion due to advancements in science.

4) The 18th century industrial revolution and the beginning of the market economy.

a) Significant change in how the economy operates due to the uprising importance of

the market.

b) Much more productive than the old system.

5) 19th century democratic reform and state bureaucracy.

6) 20th century - Modern Times

a) Cars, trains, planes, factories, exploitation of labour.

b) Also led to globalisation due to shrinking of the globe due to trade.

Modernization is Complicated:

- Implies always a break with the past and tradition.

- There is a comparison being made with the past, and the past always finishes

second in this.

- It represents the royal road to progress - in every day, in every way, we get better and

better.

- Only looking forward, never looking back as we get better over time under

modernization.

- Improvement in democracy, productivity, inventions making people’s lives easier.

- The world is always being re - made.

- The new becomes the old over time.

- Modernisation travelled as Europeans travelled, and used as justification for imperialism

and intervention.

- Europeans brought modernization to Africa because it was thought of as the dark

continent.

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Keywords: - Williams begins with the word’s etymology (the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history). - - It’s root meaning. A word’s particular meaning at a given time is shaped by the then dominant groups in society and culture. - Meanings of things are not stable as they change over time. - A group’s power to impose its meaning likely will be resisted, and over time can be overthrown. - Different groups of people and individuals have different meanings for words. - Nature is a complex word that had a certain definition, and that definition is different for people who believe in the nature movement because they might feel that nature is also a human being and deserves to be treated with respect. - This leads to the meaning of a keyword being complex and complicated. Keyword - Modernization: - Contested and complex term. - Under modernization means that now is better than then / before. - - Modernization represents as an upward moving escalator of accomplishment and change. - - Comparison between present and past. Only going forward and not back. Modernization as an idea came from Europe, and is partly a scheme to understand and divide European history into periods (while ignoring non-Western history). - Modernization is essentially a Eurocentric view. Example: 1) Modernization starts with Renaissance (rebirth) after the dark ages in the 14th century. 2) The printing press and Reformat ...
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