Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age (Record no. 49516)

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International Standard Book Number 9780745609324
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Classification number 155.2 GID
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Personal name Giddens, Anthony
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Title Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc Polity Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc 1991
Place of publication, distribution, etc Cambridge
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Extent 256
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Summary, etc 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.<br/><br/>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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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social structure
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Identity (Psychology)
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Self.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Civilization, Modern--Psychological aspects
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