Conversations with Anthony Giddens - Giddens, Anthony; Pierson, Christopher
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Anthony Giddens has been described as "the most important English social philosopher of our time." Over 25 years, with a dazzling series of books that attest to his unrelenting productivity, he has established himself as today's most widely read and widely cited social theorist. In recent years, his writings have become more explicitly political, and in 1996 he became Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. It is in this position that he has been accepted as the key intellectual figure of Tony Blair's New Labour government. Giddens's interests have always been…mehr

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Anthony Giddens has been described as "the most important English social philosopher of our time." Over 25 years, with a dazzling series of books that attest to his unrelenting productivity, he has established himself as today's most widely read and widely cited social theorist. In recent years, his writings have become more explicitly political, and in 1996 he became Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. It is in this position that he has been accepted as the key intellectual figure of Tony Blair's New Labour government. Giddens's interests have always been remarkably diverse, ranging from Continental philosophy to self-help therapy, and his work builds on a critical engagement with an extraordinary array of texts from within and beyond the canon of the social sciences. His ideas have profoundly influenced the writing and teaching of the central ideas of the rapidly changing study of modernity. These seven extended interviews with Christopher Pierson, conducted shortly after Giddens's arrival at the LSE, seek to cover the full range of his thought since the early 1970's, beginning with his engagement with the makers of "classical" sociology and concluding with his thoughts on the nature of world politics under what Giddens terms "reflexive modernity." The style of the interviews is conversational, and Giddens sets forth his ideas with his customary clarity and directness. In addition to the interviews, four short pieces at the end of the book give examples of Giddens's recent thought, treating Tony Blair's political philosophy, the risk society concept in the context of British politics, and the dangers of chemical contamination. The volume concludes with a conversation between Giddens and European financier and philanthropist George Soros.
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Among Anthony Giddens's recent books are Politics, Sociology, and Social Theory: Encounters with Classical and Contemporary Social Thought (Stanford, 1995) and A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism (Stanford, 1995).
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"[An] illuminating book." The Independent

"For those seeking to come to grips with these advances insocial theory Conversations with Anthony Giddens offers anexcellent introduction. [This book] shows powerfully that he is oneof the few contemporary theorists to cross the divide thatseparates the academic world from the broader public sphere."The Australian

"Remarkably accessible ... and is the most revealing document sofar concerning Giddens's background and career." The TimesHigher Education Supplement

"Anthony Giddens has earned a considerable reputation amongsocial scientists over the past three decades as a theorist. Thoughimportant within the academy, such reputations have a limitedcachet in the world at large. Recently, though, Giddens hasattained bona fide celebrity, or at least demicelebrity, statusoutside the cloisters, in his related roles as director of theLondon School of Economics and intellectual darling of BritishPrime Minister Tony Blair's New Labour party. His name by now mustbe a household word in his native Britain, given the frequency withwhich he is mentioned in the media there. On this side of theAtlantic as well, he has been interviewed, cited as expert, and hisideas variously praised and panned in a wide variety ofnon-academic, even mainstream media...Those with even a passinginterest in Giddens are likely to find this book useful, as Giddenssummarizes his ideas with unusual succinctness" Christopher J.Richter, Communication Theory Book Review…mehr