Portrayed in more detail, it is associated with (1) a certain set of attitudes towards the world, the idea of the world as open to transformation, by human intervention; (2) a complex of economic institutions, especially industrial production and a market economy; (3) a certain range of political institutions, including the nation-state and mass democracy.
Beskriver man den mere detaljeret, er den forbundet med et bestemt sæt af holdninger til verden, herunder en forståelse af verden som åben for transformation via menneskelig intervention; et kompleks af økonomiske institutioner, især industriel produktion og markedsøkonomi; en særlig række af politiske institutioner, heriblandt nationalstaten og massedemokratiet.