How is modern society described?

When society is industrialized it is considered to be modern society or it can be defined as people living together in current time. It is based on expansion of education, technology, industry and urban life. It has a complex culture changing with the time.

What are the features of modern society?

Definitions and Characteristics of Modernity

  • Rise of the nation state.
  • Growth of tolerance as a political and social belief.
  • Industrialization.
  • Rise of mercantilism and capitalism.
  • Discovery and colonization of the Non-Western world.
  • Rise of representative democracy.
  • Increasing role of science and technology.
  • Urbanization.