Anthony Giddens, Christopher Pierson

Conversations with Anthony Giddens (eBook, ePUB)

Making Sense of Modernity

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Anthony Giddens has been described as 'the most important English social philosopher of our time'. Over twenty-five years, and even more books, he has established himself as the most widely-read and widely-cited social theorist of his generation. His ideas have profoundly influenced the writing and teaching of sociology and social theory throughout the English-speaking world. In recent years, his writing has become much more explicitly political, and in 1996 he took up his high-profile appointment as Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. It is in this new position and with these new political ideas that he has been described as the key intellectual figure of New Labour in Britain. Following the astonishing success of Labour in the 1997 General Election, his ideas have been the focus of intense interest. In this series of extended interviews with Chris Pierson, Giddens lays out with customary clarity and directness the principal themes in the development of his social theory and the distinctive political agenda which he recommends. This volume will be of great interest to second- and third-year students in sociology and social theory, politics and political theory, as well as to the general reader.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780745666426
• Artikelnr.: 40174012

Autorenporträt

Anthony Giddens is Director at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was formerly Professor of Sociology and Fellow of King's College at the University of Cambridge. Christopher Pierson is Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.
The Sociology of Anthony Giddens: An Introduction by Martin O'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 Life Politics.
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.

Rezensionen

"[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