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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... value of liberalism - and the lauding of equality , a core postulate of socialism.48 However , as Kilminster ( 1991 ) rightly argues , rather than giving both of these values of freedom and equality equal weight within his world - view ...
... value of liberalism - and the lauding of equality , a core postulate of socialism.48 However , as Kilminster ( 1991 ) rightly argues , rather than giving both of these values of freedom and equality equal weight within his world - view ...
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... value positions ... ( ibid . , p . 154 ) [ w ] e must now deal with an irredeemably pluralistic universe of values , and indeed the suspension of all value judgments , save for contextual or local ones . ( Giddens 1994a , p . 20 ) ...
... value positions ... ( ibid . , p . 154 ) [ w ] e must now deal with an irredeemably pluralistic universe of values , and indeed the suspension of all value judgments , save for contextual or local ones . ( Giddens 1994a , p . 20 ) ...
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... values , it is in fact the first time in history that there exists a set of universal values , that is , ' values shared by almost everyone ' . These arise , paradoxically , from global interde- pendence and , though many of these values ...
... values , it is in fact the first time in history that there exists a set of universal values , that is , ' values shared by almost everyone ' . These arise , paradoxically , from global interde- pendence and , though many of these values ...
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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