The Sociology of Anthony GiddensPluto Press, 20. mai 2003 - 243 sider Anthony Giddens is one of the most famous and influential sociologists of recent decades. Largely credited with the concept of the 'Third Way', he continues to be a key advisor to Tony Blair, and is generally presented as an exponent of liberalism and socialism. He was the 1999 BBC Reith lecturer and he has been Professor of Sociology at Cambridge University since 1986.This original and controversial book provides an excellent introduction to Giddens' work, covering the wide range of his writing from theory to self-reflexivity, modernity and politics, placing them all within the illuminating framework of a historical context.Steven Loyal argues that Giddens' writing has always embodied a political and ethical position, one that has changed considerably over the years and is best understood through the social context in which it was written. Giddens' work in the 1970s attempted to marry liberalism and socialism, but, following the collapse of Communism in the 1990 East-European revolutions, his worldview became liberal rather than socialist, and his later work on reflexivity and the 'Third Way' embodies this. Loyal explores how this world-view accounts for many tensions and failures in Giddens' theory and that, overall, his work is fundamentally flawed. |
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... attempt to re - evaluate the sociological conception of class in The Class Structure of the Advanced Societies ( 1973 ) . These important works were then followed by a third phase in Giddens's work which was characterised by an attempt ...
... attempt to re - evaluate the sociological conception of class in The Class Structure of the Advanced Societies ( 1973 ) . These important works were then followed by a third phase in Giddens's work which was characterised by an attempt ...
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... attempts to do so came during the mid - 1970s ( Bourdieu 1977 ) . One such attempt to reconcile the agency- structure dualism was made by Anthony Giddens in his work on the theory of structuration . The central ambition of structuration ...
... attempts to do so came during the mid - 1970s ( Bourdieu 1977 ) . One such attempt to reconcile the agency- structure dualism was made by Anthony Giddens in his work on the theory of structuration . The central ambition of structuration ...
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... attempt to incorporate time and space into the already elaborate theoretical structure constituting structuration theory . This applies equally to his attempt to remedy the gaps and aporias in historical materialism with arguments drawn ...
... attempt to incorporate time and space into the already elaborate theoretical structure constituting structuration theory . This applies equally to his attempt to remedy the gaps and aporias in historical materialism with arguments drawn ...
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abstract According to Giddens activity actors agency and structure agency/structure agents analysis Anthony Giddens approach argument attempt basis beliefs Bourdieu capitalism capitalist causal central characterised choice conception concerning conservatism conservative constitution constraints context contrast critical critical theory critique discussion distinction domination dualism Durkheim E.P. Thompson economic emphasis empirical Enlightenment epistemology equality existence forms freedom Giddens argues Giddens's globalisation hermeneutic historical sociology human ibid ideology implications individual institutions intellectual interaction involves liberalism Mannheim Marx Marx's Marxism means methodological Modern Social mutual knowledge nation-state nature neo-liberalism normative notes notion ontological security organisation Parsons Parsons's political position practical consciousness problems rational rationalisation refers reflexivity regarded relationship result role rule-following rules and resources self-actualisation self-fulfilling prophecy sense social democrats social practices social relations social sciences social systems social theory social world socialist society sociologists space standpoint theoretical thought-style time-space tradition transformation voluntaristic Weber Wittgenstein world-view writings