Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern AgeJohn Wiley & Sons, 30.04.2013 - 264 Seiten This major study develops a new account of modernity and its relation to the self. Building upon the ideas set out in The Consequences of Modernity, Giddens argues that 'high' or 'late' modernity is a post traditional order characterised by a developed institutional reflexivity. In the current period, the globalising tendencies of modern institutions are accompanied by a transformation of day-to-day social life having profound implications for personal activities. The self becomes a 'reflexive project', sustained through a revisable narrative of self identity. The reflexive project of the self, the author seeks to show, is a form of control or mastery which parallels the overall orientation of modern institutions towards 'colonising the future'. Yet it also helps promote tendencies which place that orientation radically in question - and which provide the substance of a new political agenda for late modernity. In this book Giddens concerns himself with themes he has often been accused of unduly neglecting, including especially the psychology of self and self-identity. The volumes are a decisive step in the development of his thinking, and will be essential reading for students and professionals in the areas of social and political theory, sociology, human geography and social psychology. |
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... development and social systems, up to and including global systems, becomes ever more pronounced. The 'world' in which we now live is in some profound respects thus quite distinct from that inhabited by human beings in previous periods of.
... development and social systems, up to and including global systems, becomes ever more pronounced. The 'world' in which we now live is in some profound respects thus quite distinct from that inhabited by human beings in previous periods of.
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... lives are concerned or fateful decisions are to be made. Reskilling, however, is always partial and liable to be affected by the 'revisable' nature of expert knowledge and by internal dissensions between experts. Attitudes of trust, as ...
... lives are concerned or fateful decisions are to be made. Reskilling, however, is always partial and liable to be affected by the 'revisable' nature of expert knowledge and by internal dissensions between experts. Attitudes of trust, as ...
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... live a full and satisfying existence. The reflexive project of the self generates programmes of actualisation and mastery. But as long as these possibilities are understood largely as a matter of the extension of the control systems of ...
... live a full and satisfying existence. The reflexive project of the self generates programmes of actualisation and mastery. But as long as these possibilities are understood largely as a matter of the extension of the control systems of ...
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... lives, which presents dangers to their security and sense of well-being, yet also offers fresh opportunities for their self-development and future happiness. Separation and divorce, and their aftermath, can cause long-lasting anxieties ...
... lives, which presents dangers to their security and sense of well-being, yet also offers fresh opportunities for their self-development and future happiness. Separation and divorce, and their aftermath, can cause long-lasting anxieties ...
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... live alone, and for undertaking the second chances provided by divorce'. A separated or divorced person needs moral courage to try new relationships and find new interests. Many people in such circumstances lose confidence in their own ...
... live alone, and for undertaking the second chances provided by divorce'. A separated or divorced person needs moral courage to try new relationships and find new interests. Many people in such circumstances lose confidence in their own ...
Inhalt
Ontological Security and Existential Anxiety | |
The Trajectory of the Self | |
Fate Risk and Security | |
The Sequestration of Experience | |
Tribulations of the Self | |
The Emergence of Life Politics | |
Notes | |
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Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age Anthony Giddens Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1991 |
Modernity and Self-identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age Anthony Giddens Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1991 |
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