Modernity spans 1500 overseas expansion to the rise of industrial capitalism

Evidence

On the years that mark this period, I am drawing from Étienne Balibar who suggests that 1500 is the starting point of modernity characterized by overseas expansion and mercantilism. I see the end of the modern era as one marked by the rise of industrial capitalism as well as the French, American, and Haitian revolutions that usher in a new era marked, at least in theory, by equality and equal rights. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 835

Categorization

Category: Definitional Content

• DEFINE: Establishes the book’s periodization of modernity, useful for locating the racialization arguments in the author’s chosen frame.