Modern man may refer to:
- Modernity, recent history and society, especially:
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- The modern individual or everyman.
- The contemporary human condition.
- Anatomically modern humans, Homo sapiens of the last 200,000 years
- Modern Man (magazine), a defunct monthly men's magazine
- Modern Man (Michael Peterson album), the third album by country music singer Michael Peterson
- Modern Man (album), the fifth by jazz musician Stanley Clarke
- Modern Man, a song from the 1990 album Against the Grain by the punk rock band Bad Religion
- Modern Man released in 2005, the third studio album by indie rock band Dissident Prophet
- Modern Man (film), a 2006 experimental drama about one man’s isolation and search for meaning. The film was directed, edited and photographed by Justin Swibel
- Modern Man, a song from the 2010 album The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
Famous quotes containing the words modern man, modern and/or man:
“Anne: He hit me, Jack. My own brother, he hit me.
Jack: Your brother’s an old-fashioned man, he believes in a sister’s honor. Me, I’m Modern Man, the 20th-century type. I run.”
—Robert Rossen (1908–1966)
“The modern American tourist now fills his experience with pseudo-events. He has come to expect both more strangeness and more familiarity than the world naturally offers. He has come to believe that he can have a lifetime of adventure in two weeks and all the thrills of risking his life without any real risk at all.”
—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)
“From the moment a child begins to speak, he is taught to respect the word; he is taught how to use the word and how not to use it. The word is all-powerful, because it can build a man up, but it can also tear him down. That’s how powerful it is. So a child is taught to use words tenderly and never against anyone; a child is told never to take anyone’s name or reputation in vain.”
—Henry Old Coyote (20th century)