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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... self - fulfilling prophecy as a sociological phenomenon . Robert Merton begins his justly celebrated paper on ' The Self- Fulfilling Prophecy ' ( Merton 1957 , pp . 475-90 ) by citing the ' Thomas theorem ' , according to which , ' if ...
... self - fulfilling prophecy as a sociological phenomenon . Robert Merton begins his justly celebrated paper on ' The Self- Fulfilling Prophecy ' ( Merton 1957 , pp . 475-90 ) by citing the ' Thomas theorem ' , according to which , ' if ...
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... self - fulfilling prophecy refers to circumstances in which a true or real definition of a social situation is replaced by an alternative false or ' unreal ' definition of that situation . This almost always results in the false ...
... self - fulfilling prophecy refers to circumstances in which a true or real definition of a social situation is replaced by an alternative false or ' unreal ' definition of that situation . This almost always results in the false ...
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... self - fulfilling prophecy from Barnes . 22. ' It is the self - fulfilling prophecy which goes far toward explaining the dynamics of ethnic and racial conflict in the America of today ' ( Merton 1957 , p . 477 ) . Merton adds : ' As a ...
... self - fulfilling prophecy from Barnes . 22. ' It is the self - fulfilling prophecy which goes far toward explaining the dynamics of ethnic and racial conflict in the America of today ' ( Merton 1957 , p . 477 ) . Merton adds : ' As a ...
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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 global globalisation hermeneutic historical sociology human ibid ideology implications individual institutions intellectual interaction involves liberalism Mannheim Marx Marx's Marxism means methodological 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 routine 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 space standpoint theoretical thought-style time-space tradition transformation voluntaristic Weber Wittgenstein world-view writings