Modernity
Modernity is the term to distinguish the “modern” society from early formation.
There are some debates on when we enter the modern era.
The characteristics of modernity are: industrial capitalist economies, democratic political organization and a flexible social structure based on class.
The implied contrasts is with agrarian feudal economies, despotic politics (dictatorship) and rigid social structure based on lands.
Modernity also involves the commodification and rationalization of many spheres of life.
Commodification indicates that people produce goods and services (commodities) to be sold in a market rather than to satisfy their own needs.
Yet, even in modern era, unpaid voluntary and charity work still remains.