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Modernity, in other words, was not a sociological process—moving from “tradition... - Stephen Kotkin - Quotes Donut

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Modernity, in other words, was not a sociological process—moving from “traditional” to “modern” society—but a geopolitical process: a matter of acquiring what it took to join the great powers, or fall victim to them.47

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