Beyond Identities in Modernity

This book argues that future generations of modernity as a whole will shape participatory modernization whether Chinese modernization or Western modernization. The public discourse is inundated with the good and the bad modern events with the acceleration of globalization.

Yunrui Deng was born and raised by a middle-class family in Sichuan Province, Southwest China. She holds a Master of Communication (for Development/Social Change) degree from the University of Queensland, Australia. Fluent in the Sichuan dialect plus bilingual in both English and Mandarin Chinese, she is of the view that it is significant to hear different angles from different generations and backgrounds. Her independent ideas in her first book vis-à-vis identity and modernization provide a unique angle with Western mindset and Chinese reasoning for the international audience as a new generation of Chinese born in the late 1990s. Yunrui's research interests are modernization and identity, Chinese modernization, and communication for development/social change.

Introduction 1. Another Understanding of Identities 2. The Power of Identity 3. Multiculturalism and Migration 4. Being Modern Dignity and Safety 5. The Power of Being 6. Where is Modernization Going? Epilogue