51.   Modern societies are therefore institutionally differentiated, on the analogy of biological organisms, from the relatively simple to the relatively complex.

52.   I mean does anybody think that parental investment theory is relevant at all to modern industrial society or is it completely irrelevant?

53.   How much ice does it cut in the modern industrial society?

54.   Hunting is a cruelty which is barbaric in a modern society.

55.   It is one of the quirks of modern society that even when acts are passed by Parliament and signed by the Sovereign, they do not always take effect.

56.   This was the origin of paper currency as used in modern societies today.

57.   One of the features that worry people about modern society is the fear that it is becoming more violent.

58.   And the relentless bombardment in modern society of images of perfect bodies may set up conditions that trigger the disorder more easily.

59.   Any of the foregoing symptoms can occur in any society, but in modern industrial society they are present on a massive scale.

60.   As a history of how artists developed forms of communication suited to the complexities and contradictions of modern society, this show is immensely informative and suggestive.