This article on the religious foundations of modernity is quite brilliant: http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2012/11/the-roots-of-modernity-in-perversions.html … (Someone's owed an HT, lost in the wash.)
@racehist The Jews have been around for a long time. Modernity hasn't. So what's the catalytic shift c.1500 AD in your story?
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@Outsideness Human nature in a particular set of economic/technological circumstances. Much would be the same with or without Christianity. -
@racehist If you seriously think the Christian Reformation and the birth of Modernity are unconnected it's hard to know what to say. - 4 more replies
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@Outsideness Again, "modernity" is simply what emerged from combination of European genes and culture across a particular period.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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