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In this book Ulrich Beck, Anthony Giddens and Scott Lash discuss the implications of "reflexive modernization" for social and cultural theory today.
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" Each of these essays-- as well as the replies and critiques at the end of the book-- is exemplary, original, and thoughtful, showing the vital state of social theory in coming to terms with the conditions of late modernity." -- "Choice"
"Each of these essaysas well as the replies and critiques at the end of the bookis exemplary, original, and thoughtful, showing the vital state of social theory in coming to terms with the conditions of late modernity.""Choice""
"Each of these essays--as well as the replies and critiques at the end of the book--is exemplary, original, and thoughtful, showing the vital state of social theory in coming to terms with the conditions of late modernity."--Choice
-Each of these essays--as well as the replies and critiques at the end of the book--is exemplary, original, and thoughtful, showing the vital state of social theory in coming to terms with the conditions of late modernity.---Choice
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"Each of these essaysas well as the replies and critiques at the end of the bookis exemplary, original, and thoughtful, showing the vital state of social theory in coming to terms with the conditions of late modernity.""Choice""
"Each of these essays--as well as the replies and critiques at the end of the book--is exemplary, original, and thoughtful, showing the vital state of social theory in coming to terms with the conditions of late modernity."--Choice
-Each of these essays--as well as the replies and critiques at the end of the book--is exemplary, original, and thoughtful, showing the vital state of social theory in coming to terms with the conditions of late modernity.---Choice
In this book, three social thinkers discuss the implications of "reflexive modernization" for social and cultural theory today. Ulrich Beck's vision of the "risk society" has already become influential. Beck offers a new elaboration of his basic ideas, connecting reflexive modernization with new issues to do with the state and political organization. Giddens offers an in-depth examination of the connections between "institutional reflexivity" and the de-traditionalizing of the modern world. We are entering, he argues, a phase of the development of a global society. A "global society" is not a world society, but one with universalizing tendencies. Lash develops the theme of reflexive modernization in relation to aesthetics and the interpretation of culture. In this domain, he suggests, we need to look again at the conventional theories of postmodernism; "aesthetic modernization" has distinctive qualities that need to be uncovered and analyzed. In the concluding sections of the book, the three authors offer critical appraisals of each other's viewpoints, providing a synthetic conclusion to the work as a whole.
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- PublisherPolity Press
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0745612776
- ISBN 13 9780745612775
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages260
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