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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.

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'In this book Anthony Giddens brings back in personality, the psyche, human nature itself. It is a pleasure and a real intellectual advance to have a social theorist of his stature revive the once central but long ignored study of personality and culture, character and society, especially a theorist with his very precise sense of what is truly modern in contemporary life.' Professor Dennis Wrong, New York University

Table of Contents

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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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 11 July 1991
      ISBN-13 9780745609324
      978-0745609324
      ISBN-10 0745609325
      Also in:
      Politics, Philosophy & Society Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality Society and culture: general

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      'In this book Anthony Giddens brings back in personality, the psyche, human nature itself. It is a pleasure and a real intellectual advance to have a social theorist of his stature revive the once central but long ignored study of personality and culture, character and society, especially a theorist with his very precise sense of what is truly modern in contemporary life.' Professor Dennis Wrong, New York University

      Table of Contents

      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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