Anthony Giddens : the last modernist /
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...
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| 格式: | Licensed eBooks |
| 語言: | 英语 |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1998.
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| 在線閱讀: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=139479 |
| 總結: | 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 r. |
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| 實物描述: | 1 online resource (x, 242 pages) |
| 參考書目: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-231) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203980611 9780203980613 0415095727 0415095735 |