Keep in mind the following questions while reading:

Is globalization simply an extension of American modernity to the world?

What are the prospects for world modernity in a globalizing world?

The artistic and literary conceit of modernism is often tied to the concept of modernity. If post modernism now reigns in the arts is the term modernity obsolete?

Should the attack on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001 be viewed as an attack on: modernity? modernism? post modernism? Globalization? the USA?

Is modernity a concept that is outmoded?