Anthony Giddens and Modern Social Theory

233 Pages·1999·4.05 MB·English

by  Kenneth Tucker

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ModernS ocial Theory
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments viii
Introduction 1
ParIt: TheR econstrucotfiS oonc iTahle oyr 11
1 TheL egaocfy ClasSsoicciaoll oTghiecoarly 14
2 NewR uleosfS ocioloMgeitchaolPd o:s itivism,
InterprSeotciivoela ongdSy t,r ucturTahteioorny 34
3 StructurTahteioorRnye :c onpcteualiAzgienngc y
andS tructure 65
ParItI :S ociaClh angea ndM odernity 93
4 TheS tatCea,pi taliasnmdS, o ciCahla nge 96
5 TheC ulutreo f ModerFnriotmty h:eC ritioqfu e
Postmodertnoti hseRm i soef t heN ewS ocial
Movements 125
6 TheP robleamnsdP ossibiolfai tDieemso cratic
PublLiicfi enL atMeo derSno cieties 154
7 FeminiSsemx,u alaintdSy e,l f-Identity 185
Conclusion 211
Index 218
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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INTRODUCTION
AnthoGniyd deinsos n eo ft hel eadpirnagc titoifco onnetresm porary
socitahle o.Hr eyh asc reatae cdh allenagnidcn ogm plveexr sioofn
socioltohgeioctrahylae tx plorreasn goaef perspfercotfmie vmeisn,i sm
toe thnomoedtohloHgey i.n corpoirnastiegfshr tosmt h esdei fferent
approaicnhtheoiss s o ciolwohgiyca,hc cetnhtrese flexriovloeefp eople
inf ashioannidrn egp roduscoicniigan slt it.u tions
Giddeandsv ocaat esso ciaoilmoegadyt" reclai.m it.nh geg. r and
quesntsi.oH"ilss o ciolongeyv beherae sn cownittcehan utt ieomupsi,r i­
caslt udoifec sl eadrellyi mistceodpR ea.t heGri,d dens coan structs
sociologtyr itteoghs ra ats tph e" over'aslyls teesmson'f"t hem odern
sociwaolr .lG diddens's sociologicalt oop veerrscpoemcet ive attempts
thdeu aliotfsi tersu catnudar gee ntchyas too ftiennf osromc itahle ory.
He drawosn t heorsiusctahss W ittgenasntdeG ionf fmawnh,o se
implicafto"irmo ancsr soo"c ioliosgsiuhceaasvlr e a rebleyed ne veloped.
Giddenfsa'rs- reatchheionrge atpipcraolai csah l scoo ncernweidt h
grasptihndegy namicmso doefr naisti yt, toounci hsessua esds i verse
ast her isoef t hen ation-asntdta hteet ransforomfam toidoenrn
intimaancdsy e xuaSluictahys .o ciolporgoijcieanclvt o lavnessw ering
somvee ry qbuiegs tiionncsl,u diinhn igws,o rd"sh,o swh ouwledb est
characterize Wmhoadtw eerrnieit otsry i?g iWnhsa?ta ret hem ajor
transforcmuartrieonntsl y itnhflteur eeacnjtcoiornifgde esv elopomfe nt
worlhdi story?"2
Granqdu estiionndse,Ine dh.i esa rlwioerr(k rpiotroa bou1t9 90),
Giddecnosn tentdheadt atnhsew eirnsv oltvheesd y stemraetciocn ­
strucotfis oonc itahle orayn,di trse placebmyea n nte ws,y nthetic
approawchhi,ch hec allsetdr uctutrhaetoiBrouyntt. h aitso nlhya loff
thGei ddesntso rAyf.tte hrle a t1e9 80Gsi,d demnosv eadw afyr otmh e
relataibvsetlrcyao cntc epitsusaualen si mathiisnstg r uctutrhaetoiroyn,
turninagni nt-od ecpotnhs ideorfa twihhoeanl t a belsm o"dlearntiet y."
Inh ilsa tweorr kh,eh ass ystecmaaltelixyp lotrhe"edc onsequoefn ces
modernitdyr,a"w ionnga widrea ngoefe mpiriacnadtl h eoirceatl
matertioca olnss tart uhceto orfty h dey namiclsa toef modern societies.
Inh imso srte cewnotr kG,i ddehnasbs e coemvee mno re conwcietrhn ed
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