Modernization Theory
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Length: 10:34
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"...European faith in science – The Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, demonstrated to Europeans that science has the capacity to explain the world. Well – if it can explain the world, perhaps it can explain our behavior, and maybe even explain government and how power works. [...] So the urge to Reform society, to improve it, comes directly from this faith in Enlightenment ideas that man can recognize his problems and then devise solutions for those problems..."
Key Terms
- Modernization Theory
- "Civilizing Mission"
Guided Viewing Questions
- Describe the modernization theory.
- What are some of the main criticisms of this theory?
- What are the main factors of modernization?
- How does the modernization theory reflect faith in the Enlightenment and science?