Yet in fact modernity is a surprisingly simple deal. The…

Modernity is a deal. The entire contract can be summarised in a single phrase: humans agree to give up meaning in exchange for power.

— Yuval Noah Harari

“humans agree to give up meaning in exchange for power.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Modernity, though, is often surprisingly difficult to "locate." Certainly modernity cannot be defined as the surpassing of earlier forms of brutality. Perhaps it can…

— Alexander Edmonds

“The great political, artistic, and religious project of modernity has been to find a meaning to life that is not rooted in some great…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Modernity, in contrast, is based on the firm belief that economic growth is not only possible, but absolutely essential... Modernity has turned 'more stuff'…

— Yuval Noah Harari

To be modern is to find ourselves in an environment that promises us adventure, power, joy, growth, transformation of ourselves and the world -…

— Marshall Berman

“An attempt to wrest from God the prerogatives of absolute freedom and infinity leads to the inversion of Pentecost and what is in effect…

— Colin E. Gunton

Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

— Queen Rania of Jordan

“Our modern era embodies both the Tower of Babel and Pentecost simultaneously. Like Babel, globalization and technological advancement have created linguistic and cultural fragmentation……

— Paule Patterson

For members of a traditional society where many traditions have been discredited, an interest in modernity can result in a restless sophistication. Mehmet Ertegun…

— George W. S. Trow

“Further, in the modern story, reality is that which is observable, measurable, and repeatable - the kinds of phenomena available, accessible, and verifiable to…

— Tim Keel

“You and I will never live to see the day that women recover their balance.”

— Zane Grey

Altermodern is an in-progress redefinition of modernity in the era of globalisation, stressing the experience of wandering in time, space and mediums. The term…

— Nicolas Bourriaud

One of those blocks (that prevent the 'Middle East from entering the mainstream of modernity') is the orthodox tenet that the Koran and the…

— Arnold Beichman

A 'modern' man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the…

— Elias Canetti