Conversations with Anthony Giddens

Making Sense of Modernity

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
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Author: Anthony Giddens, Christopher Pierson ISBN: 9780745666426
Publisher: Wiley Publication: May 2, 2013
Imprint: Polity Language: English
Author: Anthony Giddens, Christopher Pierson
ISBN: 9780745666426
Publisher: Wiley
Publication: May 2, 2013
Imprint: Polity
Language: English

Anthony Giddens has been described as 'the most important English social philosopher of our time'. Over twenty-five years, and even more books, he has established himself as the most widely-read and widely-cited social theorist of his generation. His ideas have profoundly influenced the writing and teaching of sociology and social theory throughout the English-speaking world. In recent years, his writing has become much more explicitly political, and in 1996 he took up his high-profile appointment as Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. It is in this new position and with these new political ideas that he has been described as the key intellectual figure of New Labour in Britain. Following the astonishing success of Labour in the 1997 General Election, his ideas have been the focus of intense interest.

In this series of extended interviews with Chris Pierson, Giddens lays out with customary clarity and directness the principal themes in the development of his social theory and the distinctive political agenda which he recommends.

This volume will be of great interest to second- and third-year students in sociology and social theory, politics and political theory, as well as to the general reader.

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Anthony Giddens has been described as 'the most important English social philosopher of our time'. Over twenty-five years, and even more books, he has established himself as the most widely-read and widely-cited social theorist of his generation. His ideas have profoundly influenced the writing and teaching of sociology and social theory throughout the English-speaking world. In recent years, his writing has become much more explicitly political, and in 1996 he took up his high-profile appointment as Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. It is in this new position and with these new political ideas that he has been described as the key intellectual figure of New Labour in Britain. Following the astonishing success of Labour in the 1997 General Election, his ideas have been the focus of intense interest.

In this series of extended interviews with Chris Pierson, Giddens lays out with customary clarity and directness the principal themes in the development of his social theory and the distinctive political agenda which he recommends.

This volume will be of great interest to second- and third-year students in sociology and social theory, politics and political theory, as well as to the general reader.

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