High Modernity, New Agriculture, and Agricultural Cooperatives: A Comment
| dc.creator | Gray, Thomas W. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:29:14Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T04:39:16Z | |
| dc.description | The rational, consuming individual is from within a particular historical era- high modernity. The collective rationally of his or her consumption drives the larger socio-economic culture in profoundly irrational ways: through personal anxiety, questionable sustainability, and loss of value and community. The industrialization of agriculture extends these dynamics in a manner that fragments more grounded aspects of the larger culture, including family farms and rural communities. Intrinsic to its very nature, the agriculture cooperative is embedded in its member-user-owners like no other business organization. The uniqueness gives it a comparative advantage to mollify some of the disruptive aspects of high modernity. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.46412 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/46412/files/Volume%2015%20Article%205.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/46412 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/553029 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/46412 | |
| dc.title | High Modernity, New Agriculture, and Agricultural Cooperatives: A Comment | |
| dc.type | Text |