
Modernity and Self-Identity
Self and Society in the Late Modern Age
1991
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1991
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Livre de Anthony Giddens · 11 juillet 1991 (Royaume-Uni)
Genres : Culture & société, Psychologie, Version originaleThis 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... Voir plus