Modernity and Self–Identity
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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...Похожие книги
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