Paradoxes of (late) modernity

The text explores the paradoxes present in modernity, including its late stage, sometimes referred to as postmodernity. According to the author, following the thought of Anthony Giddens, the late modernity essentially only sharpens and intensifies the features inherent in the ideas that founded the reality known as modernity, or to be even more precise, the postmedieval modernity. In this context, the author identifies the modern striving for domination over the world and humanity through the certainty of knowledge as a key feature of modernity. The paradox, however, turns out to be the loss of certainty and control, quite prevalent in late modernity. The author traces the possible roots of the paradoxes identified in the text, drawing on the idea of Cartesian doubt and referring to contemporary authors such as A. Giddens, J. Habermas, M. J. Sandel, and M. F. Rousseau, as well as using some illustrations and tropes present in popular culture.