Global Modernities J. Myrick Howard returning to Fitzgerald's ongoing theme

returning to Fitzgerald's ongoing theme of the twentieth-century American protagonist's conflict between his work and his personal life

showing how a postcolonial critique better explains the crisis of democratic social movements and the resilience of authoritarianism

an abyss of non-consciousness

they have been institutions vital to community formation and social change

is one of the many involuntary autobiographies created by the logic of the Inquisition that today provide rich insights into both the personal lives of the persecuted and the social

Global Modernities J. Myrick Howard returning to Fitzgerald's ongoing themeThis contribution to the expanding area of globalization in sociological and cultural studies has two organizing themes: social theory and social change. The contributors, who include Zygmunt Bauman, Jonathan Friedman, Anthony King, Ann Game and Goran Therborn concentrate on the spatialization of social theory, and offer a critique of previous positions on the study of modernity which have tended to prioritize history. This study argues for a self