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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meštrović, Stjepan Gabriel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 242 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-231) and index.
ISBN:0203980611
9780203980613