Anthony Giddens; The Last Modernist
Anthony Giddens; The Last Modernist
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Book Description
Anthony Giddens is arguably the world's leading sociologist. In this controversial contribution to the Giddens debate, Stjepan Mestrovic takes up and criticizes the major themes of his work - particularly the concept of 'high modernity' as opposed to 'postmodernity' and his attempted construction of a 'synthetic' tradition based on human agency and structure. Testing Giddens' theories against what is happening in the real world from genocide in Africa to near secession in Quebec, Mestrovic discerns in the construction of synthetic traditions not the promise of freedom held out by Giddens but rather the ominous potential for new forms of totalitarian control.
About the Author
Stjepan Mestrovic is Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University
Anthony Giddens; The Last Modernist,S. MESTROVIC,Routledge,0415095735,Giddens, Anthony,Methodology,Popular Culture - General,Postmodernism,Social Science,Social structure,Sociology,Sociology - General,Sociology - Social Theory,Cultural studies,Sociology, Social Studies,United Kingdom, Great Britain
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