In this age of globalization, societies and people across

the world are asking themselves the same questions

about modernity: where are we going? How did we get

to this point? What is the power of knowledge today in

the evolution of societies? What is the role and meaning

of science and technology, and of philosophy and the

humanities in general? Modernity today no longer belongs

exclusively to the West. It has become a global issue.

Modernity results from a change in the conception, role

and organization of knowledge in society.