Modernity and self-identity : self and society in the late modern age

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Modernity and self-identity : self and society in the late modern age

Anthony Giddens

Polity Press, 1991

  • : hard
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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巻冊次

: hard ISBN 9780745608891

内容説明

This study aims to develop a new account of modernity and its relation to the self. Building on ideas set out in "The Consequences of Modernity", Giddens argues that "high" or "late" modernity is a post-traditional order characterized by a developed institutional reflexivity. In the current period, the globalizing tendencies of modern institutions are accompanied by a transformation of day-to-day social life having implications for personal activities. The self becomes a "reflexive project" sustained through a revisable narrative of self-identity. This reflexative approach, Giddens argues, is a form of control or mastery which parallels the overall orientation of modern institutions towards "colonizing the future". Yet it also helps promote tendencies which place that orientation radically in question - and which provide the substance of a new political agenda for late modernity.

目次

  • The contours of high modernity
  • the self - ontological security and existential anxiety
  • the trajectory of the self
  • fate, risk and security
  • the sequestration of experience
  • tribulations of the self
  • the emergence of life politics.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780745609324

内容説明

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. 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 project', sustained through a revisable narrative of self identity. The reflexive project of the self, the author seeks to show, is a form of control or mastery which parallels the overall orientation of modern institutions towards 'colonising the future'. Yet it also helps promote tendencies which place that orientation radically in question - and which provide the substance of a new political agenda for late modernity. In this book Giddens concerns himself with themes he has often been accused of unduly neglecting, including especially the psychology of self and self-identity. The volumes are a decisive step in the development of his thinking, and will be essential reading for students and professionals in the areas of social and political theory, sociology, human geography and social psychology.

目次

Acknowledgements vii Introduction 1 1 The Contours of High Modernity 10 2 The Self: Ontological Security and Existential Anxiety 35 3 The Trajectory of the Self 70 4 Fate, Risk and Security 109 5 The Sequestration of Experience 144 6 Tribulations of the Self 181 7 The Emergence of Life Politics 209 Notes 232 Glossary of Concepts 242 Index 245

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