The Sociology of Anthony GiddensAnthony 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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This , however , can occur only at the cost of the child experiencing repression
and forms of anxiety and guilt . These three developmental phases represent a
progressive movement towards autonomy for the infant and form the foundation
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This , however , can occur only at the cost of the child experiencing repression
and forms of anxiety and guilt . These three developmental phases represent a
progressive movement towards autonomy for the infant and form the foundation
for ...
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conceiving increasing time - space distanciation as the overriding criterion for the
delimitation of one type of society from another , Giddens covertly smuggles in a
form of developmental evolutionism . As Wright notes , there is little difference ...
conceiving increasing time - space distanciation as the overriding criterion for the
delimitation of one type of society from another , Giddens covertly smuggles in a
form of developmental evolutionism . As Wright notes , there is little difference ...
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... objective , historical relations between positions anchored in various forms of
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specific interests , form sites of conflict and competition for various forms of capital
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... objective , historical relations between positions anchored in various forms of
power , or what he calls forms of capital . ... possess their own intrinsic logic and
specific interests , form sites of conflict and competition for various forms of capital
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| Tittel | The Sociology of Anthony Giddens |
| Forfatter | Steven Loyal |
| Utgave | illustrert |
| Utgiver | Pluto Press, 2003 |
| Original fra | University of California |
| Digitalisert | 17. okt 2008 |
| ISBN | 0745317812, 9780745317816 |
| Lengde | 243 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |