一、现代化的基本涵义、特征和标准现代化是人类社会发展的一个特定的历史过程和历史范畴。１８世纪后期开始的工业革命,标志着人类历史进入从传统农业社会向工业社会过渡的历史时期,现代化进程也由此开始。此后的近３００年,世界现代化运动经历了三次大的浪潮:第一次浪潮发生 I. Basic Connotation, Characteristics and Standards of Modernization Modernization is a specific historical process and historical category of the development of human society. The industrial revolution started in the late 18th century symbolized the historical period in which mankind entered the transition from traditional agricultural society to industrial society, and the process of modernization began. In the nearly 300 years since then, the world modernization movement has undergone three major waves: the first wave has taken place