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Theorising Modernity Reflexivity, Environment & Identity in Giddens' Social Theory
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Routledge
236 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
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What is modernity? Do we all experience modernity in the same way? How should we understand contemporary social change? This volume explores questions of modernity through critical engagements with the work of Anthony Giddens, focusing in particular on the relationships between his social theory and political sociology. Three substantive areas - reflexivity, environment and identity - are examined... Read more
Acknowledgements The Contributors 1. Introduction - Sue Penna, Martin O'Brien and Colin Hay 2. Theorising Modernity: Reflexivity, Identity and Environments in Giddens' Social Theory - Martin O'Brien 3. Radical Politics - Neither Left Nor Right? - Ted Benton 4. Beyond Emancipation? the reflexivity of social movements - Paul Bagguley 5. Exploring Post-Traditional Orders: Individual Reflexivity, 'Pure Relations and Duality of Structure - Nicos Mouzelis 6. Life Politics, the Environment and the Limits of Sociology - Peter Dickens 7. Criminality, Social Environments and Late Modernity - Dave Smith 8. Modernity and the Politics of Identity - Martin O'Brien and Jenny Harris 9. Theorising Identity, Difference and Social Divisions - Floya Anthios 10. A World of Differences: What if it's so? How will we know? - Charles Lemert 11. Responses and Reflections: An Interview with Anthony Giddens Bibliography Index
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Martin O'Brien
