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Modernization theory

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Modernization theory is one of the most debated theories in humanities and social sciences. Its very conception can vary by disciplinary knowledge.

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Overall, the article develops a neutral and comprehensive review of the main adherents and critics of Modernization theory. It also provides a concise and informative academic history of the theory.

However, when it comes to critics of the Modernization theory, the article relies primarily on some of the rather outdated sources and academic interventions, such as that of Immaneul Wallerstein. The critics of teleological temporality and linear history, which stems from the critical theory tradition, was not mentioned at all. There is also a lack of recent historiography on global entanglement and how it shaped modernity as a contested site. The imbalance between social scientists' (primarily political economists) response to Modernization theory and that of humanists is also particularly striking.