Giddens / Pierson Conversations with Anthony Giddens

Making Sense of Modernity
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-7710-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: PCVS-Polity Conversations Series

Anthony Giddens has been described as 'the most important Englishsocial philosopher of our time'. Over twenty-five years, and evenmore books, he has established himself as the most widely-read andwidely-cited social theorist of his generation. His ideas haveprofoundly influenced the writing and teaching of sociology andsocial theory throughout the English-speaking world. In recentyears, his writing has become much more explicitly political, andin 1996 he took up his high-profile appointment as Director of theLondon School of Economics and Political Science. It is in this newposition and with these new political ideas that he has beendescribed as the key intellectual figure of New Labour in Britain.Following the astonishing success of Labour in the 1997 GeneralElection, his ideas have been the focus of intense interest.
In this series of extended interviews with Chris Pierson, Giddenslays out with customary clarity and directness the principal themesin the development of his social theory and the distinctivepolitical agenda which he recommends.
This volume will be of great interest to second- and third-yearstudents in sociology and social theory, politics and politicaltheory, as well as to the general reader.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Giddens, Anthony

Pierson, Christopher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
The Sociology of Anthony Giddens: An Introduction by MartinO'Brien.
Interview 1: Life and Intellectual Career.
Interview 2: The Sociological Classics and Beyond.
Interview 3: Structuration Theory.
Interview 4: Modernity.
Interview 5: From the Transformation of Intimacy to LifePolitics.
Interview 6: Politics Beyond Left and Right.
Interview 7: World Politics.
Centre Left at Centre Stage.
The Politics of Risk Society.
Beyond Chaos and Dogma.
Risks, Scares, Nightmares.

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Giddens is Director at the London School ofEconomics and Political Science. He was formerly Professor ofSociology and Fellow of King's College at the University ofCambridge.
Christopher Pierson is Professor of Politics at theUniversity of Nottingham.