The essay question is;
Why are the terms “modern” and “modernity” so heavily contested?
This is from a module that is concerned with the time period from the enlightenment up until the modern day, and uses global examples.
The additional materials that I have attached state the sources that may be used. It is essential to use the work of Frederick Cooper from Colonialism in Question: Theory, Knowledge, History (Berkeley, 2005) – Chapter 5, (pp.113-150), and Matthew J. Lauzon, ‘Modernity’, in Jerry Bentley (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of World History (Oxford, 2011), pp. 72-84, as well as at least 6 other sources.
Why are the terms “modern” and “modernity” so heavily contested?
