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  2. Anthony Giddens - Wikipedia

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    Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens MAE (born 18 January 1938) is an English sociologist who is known for his theory of structuration and his holistic view of modern societies. He is considered to be one of the most prominent modern sociologists and is the author of at least 34 books, published in at least 29 languages, issuing on average more than one book every year.

  3. Reflexive modernization - Wikipedia

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    The authors consider it a reflexive modernity because it opposes its earlier version, in the same way as the first modernity opposed feudal traditionalism. [3] As a consequence, the institutions of the first modernity are beginning to crumble in the face of economic and cultural globalization .

  4. Structuration theory - Wikipedia

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    Sociologist Anthony Giddens adopted a post-empiricist frame for his theory, as he was concerned with the abstract characteristics of social relations. [according to whom?] This leaves each level more accessible to analysis via the ontologies which constitute the human social experience: space and time ("and thus, in one sense, 'history'.") [1]: 3 His aim was to build a broad social theory ...

  5. Risk society - Wikipedia

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    According to the British sociologist Anthony Giddens, a risk society is "a society increasingly preoccupied with the future (and also with safety), which generates the notion of risk", [3] whilst the German sociologist Ulrich Beck defines it as "a systematic way of dealing with hazards and insecurities induced and introduced by modernisation itself".

  6. Double hermeneutic - Wikipedia

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    The double hermeneutic is the theory, expounded by sociologist Anthony Giddens, that everyday "lay" concepts and those from the social sciences have a two-way relationship. [1] A common example is the idea of social class, a social-scientific category that has entered into wide use in society.

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    A first edition is currently being sold for $60,000 by Burnside Rare Books. Other first-edition and rare Christmas novels can also be worth a significant chunk of change.

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    The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s Tesla, according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could ...

  9. Modalities (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    The structure is said to have both structural and individual qualities. Giddens refers to these structural modalities as "rules" and "resources" respectively. In application, Giddens is separating himself from other structuralists by acknowledging the enabling functions that the structure provides. A case of a "rule" is the act of obeying a law.