Modernity and Self-Identity Self and Society in the Late Modern Age |
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| Author:
| Giddens, Anthony |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7456-0932-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1991 |
| Publisher: | Polity Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $36.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.