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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... Risk and Security 5 The Sequestration of Experience 6 Tribulations of the Self 7 The Emergence of Life Politics Notes Glossary of Concepts Index Acknowledgements Many people have helped me, directly or indirectly, in.
... Risk and Security 5 The Sequestration of Experience 6 Tribulations of the Self 7 The Emergence of Life Politics Notes Glossary of Concepts Index Acknowledgements Many people have helped me, directly or indirectly, in.
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... risk culture. I do not mean by this that social life is inherently more risky than it used to be; for most people in the developed societies that is not the case. Rather, the concept of risk becomes fundamental to the way both lay ...
... risk culture. I do not mean by this that social life is inherently more risky than it used to be; for most people in the developed societies that is not the case. Rather, the concept of risk becomes fundamental to the way both lay ...
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... risk is vital to assessing how far projects are likely to diverge from their anticipated outcomes. Risk assessment invites precision, and even quantification, but by its nature is imperfect. Given the mobile character of modern ...
... risk is vital to assessing how far projects are likely to diverge from their anticipated outcomes. Risk assessment invites precision, and even quantification, but by its nature is imperfect. Given the mobile character of modern ...
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... risks as filtered through contact with expert knowledge, becomes a central feature of the structuring of self-identity. A possible misunderstanding about lifestyle as it interconnects with life-planning should be cleared up right at the ...
... risks as filtered through contact with expert knowledge, becomes a central feature of the structuring of self-identity. A possible misunderstanding about lifestyle as it interconnects with life-planning should be cleared up right at the ...
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... risk and danger: these exist in various historically unique conjunctions in conditions of modernity. The ... risks and dangers.
... risk and danger: these exist in various historically unique conjunctions in conditions of modernity. The ... risks and dangers.
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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