Bøger af Anthony Giddens

Moderniteten har både positiv og negativ betydning for det enkelte menneske. På den ene side tilvejebringer samfundets ekstreme udviklingsdynamik en række nye muligheder for et sikkert og berigende liv. På den anden side er der skabt grundlæggende tvivl om en række af tilværelsens eksistentielle spørgsmål, og nye risici er opstået.Oversat fra engelsk efter The Consequences of Modernity af Søren Schultz Jørgensen.

At eksistere i senmodernitetens tid indebærer, at traditioner og sædvaner ikke længere nedarves og dermed heller ikke bestemmer vores normer. Giddens redegør for, hvordan de enkelte individers identitet udvikles under sådanne betingelser.Oversat fra engelsk efter Modernity and Self-Identity af Søren Schultz Jørgensen.

Et tankevækkende forsøg på i kort form at give et overblik over, hvad der efter Giddens' mening er globaliseringens karakteristika, forudsætninger og ikke mindst dens konsekvenser - for os alle sammen og for hver enkelt.Oversat fra engelsk efter Runaway World af Erik Barfoed.

Et tankevækkende forsøg på i kort form at give et overblik over, hvad der efter Giddens' mening er globaliseringens karakteristika, forudsætninger og ikke mindst dens konsekvenser - for os alle sammen og for hver enkelt.Oversat fra engelsk efter Runaway World af Erik Barfoed.

Offers a statement of a perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas. This book is suitable for those concerned with the basic issues in contemporary social theory.

In this new and brilliantly organized book of essays, Anthony Giddens discusses three main theoretical traditions in social science that cut across the division between Marxist and non-Marxist sociology: interpretive sociology, functionalism, and structuralism.Beginning with a critical examination of the importance of structuralism for contemporary sociology, the author develops a comprehensive account of what he calls "the theory of structuration." One of the main themes is that social theory must recognize, as it has not done hitherto, that all social actors are knowledgeable about the social systems they produce and reproduce in their conduct. In order to grasp the significance of this, he argues, we have to reconsider some of the most basic concepts in sociology.In particular, Giddens argues, it is essential to recognize the significance of time-space relations in social theory. He rejects the distinction between synchrony and diachrony, or statics and dynamics, involved in both structuralism and functionalism, and offers extensive critical commentary on the latter as an approach to sociology.The book, which can be described as a "non-functionalist manifesto," breaks with the three main theoretical traditions in the social sciences today while retaining the significant contributions each contains. In so doing Giddens discusses a range of fundamental problem areas in the social sciences: power and domination, conflict and contradiction, and social transformation. He concludes with an overall appraisal of the key problems in social theory today.

The social sciences have long been based upon contrasts drawn between the 'militaristic' societies of the past, and the 'capitalist' or 'industrial' societies of the present. But how valid are such contrasts, given that the current era is one stamped by the impact of war and by the intensive development of sophisticated weaponry? In setting out to address this and similar questions, this book investigates issues that have been substantially neglected by those working in sociology and social theory. Anthony Giddens offers a sociological analysis of the nature of the modern nation-state and its association with the means of waging war. His analysis is connected in a detailed way to problems that have traditionally preoccupied sociologists - the impact of capitalism and industrialism upon social development in the modern period. The result is a theory both of the institutional parameters of modernity and of the nature of international relations. The book is a sequel to the author's much discussed Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism. The framework of social theory outlined in that work is here elucidated in a systematic and thorough-going fashion. The novel and provocative ideas which the author develops will interest those working in a wide variety of disciplines: sociology, politics, geography and international affairs.

In recent years a remarkable range of new work has been produced dealing with class inequalities, the division of labor, and the state. In these writings scholars previously working in isolation from one another in sociology, economics, political science, and history have found common ground. Much of this work has been influenced by Marxist theory, but at the same time it has involved critiques of established Marxist views, and incorporated ideas drawn from other sources. These developments have until now not been reflected in existing course texts which are often diffusely concerned with "social stratification" and lack reference to contemporary theory.Classes, Power, and Conflict breaks new ground in providing a comprehensive introduction to current debates and contemporary research. In also connects these to the classical sources, concentrating particularly on Marx, Lenin and Weber. The book therefore offers a comprehensive coverage of materials for students who have little or no prior acquaintance with the field. Each section of the book contains a substantial introduction, explaining and expanding on the themes of the selections contained within that section. Classes, Power, and Conflict can be expected to become the standard text for courses in sociology and political science.

Denne bog afviger fra de fleste andre sociologiske introduktioner på flere måder. Den indeholder en diskussion af de grundlæggende problemer i social teori – den kerne af teoretiske spørgsmål, som sociologien er fælles med alle samfundsvidenskaberne om. Jeg deler ikke den udbredte holdning, at disse spørgsmål er uden betydning for mennesker, der har brug for et indledende kendskab til sociologien. Jeg accepterer heller ikke den lige så udbredte forestilling, at sådanne spørgsmål er for komplekse til at kunne forstås af læsere, der ikke behersker fagets mere empiriske indhold. I min behandling af dette empiriske foretager jeg visse vægtninger, som afviger fra dem, man normalt ser i introducerende bøger. Mange fremstillinger af sociologien skrives primært med henblik på ét bestemt samfund – det, hvori forfatteren eller læserne lever. Jeg forsøger at undgå denne form for snæversyn ud fra den overbevisning, at en af den sociologiske tænknings hovedopgaver er at gøre sig fri af det velkendtes begrænsninger. Men den vigtigste forskel mellem denne bog og andre er måske dens stærkt historiske tilgang til emnet. ”Sociologi” og ”historie” anses normalt for adskilte studieområder, men dette synspunkt anser jeg for forfejlet.Jeg har forsøgt at udtrykke mig i korthed, og det har medført visse mangler, hvad den emnemæssige dækning angår. Jeg gør ikke noget forsøg på at give en encyklopædisk fremstilling af hele den lange række emner, der er legitime sociologiske interesseområder. Den læser, der ønsker en sådan bredde, må gå til andre kilder.Anthony Giddens Sociologi: En kort, men kritisk introduktion udkom første gang på dansk i 1995 og genudgives nu i Hans Reitzels Forlags serie Klassikere.

Forfatteren  beskriver, hvilke konsekvenser de dybtgående samfundsmæssige forandringer har for vores forståelse og praktisering af venskab og kærlighed.Oversat fra engelsk efter The Transformation of Intimacy af Else Henneberg Pedersen.

Den tredje vej er Anthony Giddens’ bidrag til debatten om socialdemokratismens fremtid. Med bogen ønsker Giddens at konkretisere sin politiske vision og give substans til de begreber, som bl.a. socialdemokratiske politikere verden over gør brug af. Det gælder globaliseringen, det internationale samarbejde, miljøproblemerne, principperne for styring af økonomien, mindskelsen af de globale og nationale uligheder, det gælder beskæftigelsespolitikken, velfærden og solidariteten nationalt som internationalt. Og endelig gælder det de pligter og rettigheder, som samtlige borgere i demokratisk ledede lande må påtage sig og har krav på.Giddens har naturligvis ikke endegyldige svar på alle disse spørgsmål, men han gør opmærksom på problemerne og peger på alternative måder at håndtere dem på, og derfor fremstår bogen stadig aktuel.Den tredje vej udkom første gang på dansk i 1999 og foreligger nu i Hans Reitzels Forlags serie Klassikere.

I Samtaler med Anthony Giddens har Christopher Pierson med stor viden og den gode interviewers sans for at spørge ind til sagens kerne fået en af vor tids væsentligste samfundsteoretikere til at fortælle om og kommentere den udvikling, han rent forskningsmæssigt har gennemgået frem til i dag.Med præcision og klarhed i formuleringen præsenterer Giddens hovedtemaerne og begreberne i sin samfundsteori og redegør samtidig for de sociologiske forfatterskaber, der har betydet noget for hans egen udvikling.Ud over de syv samtaler bringer bogen fire eksemplarer på tidsskrifts- og avisartikler af Giddens samt en introduktion til hans sociologisk skrevet af Martin O'Brien.

I Samtaler med Anthony Giddens har Christopher Pierson med stor viden og den gode interviewers sans for at spørge ind til sagens kerne fået en af nyere tids væsentligste samfundsteoretikere til at fortælle om og kommentere den udvikling, han forskningsmæssigt har gennemgået af det moderne samfund.Med præcision og klarhed i formuleringen præsenterer Anthony Giddens hovedtemaerne og begreberne i sin samfundsteori og redegør samtidig for de sociologiske forfatterskaber, der har betydet noget for hans egen udvikling.Ud over de syv samtaler bringer bogen fire eksempler på tidsskrifts- og avisartikler af Giddens samt en introduktion til hans sociologi skrevet af Martin O’Brien.Samtaler med Anthony Giddens udkom for første gang på dansk i 2002 og genudgives nu i Hans Reitzels Forlags serie Klassikere.

These interviews of one of the leading social theorists of the contemporary period, conducted shortly after he became Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science, cover the full range of his thought since the early 1970s.

This 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 characterized by a developed institutional reflexivity.

In the wake of the cataclysmic changes that have transformed the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries since 1989, what can it mean to be politically radical today? In this conceptually powerful work, the author applies his well-known and influential body of ideas about modernity to the present state and future of radical politics.

Three prominent social thinkers discuss how modern society is undercutting its formations of class, stratum, occupations, sex roles, the nuclear family, and more. Reflexive modernization, or the way one kind of modernization undercuts and changes another, has wide ranging implications for contemporary social and cultural theory, as this provocative book demonstrates.

The author disputes many of the dominant interpretations of the role of sexuality in modern culture by answering such questions as: What is the meaning of the sexual revolution? How does "sexuality" come into being? How does it affect one's personal life?

Social life is in a constant process of change, and sociology can never stand still. As a result, sociology today is a theoretically diverse enterprise, covering a huge range of subjects and drawing on a broad array of research methods.

This new edition of a standard work-used as a text throughout the world-has been thoroughly re-edited and revised. In it Giddens tells how he believes social theory should be constructed and conducted and offers a critique of schools of social thought that continues to occupy a place in contemporary debates.

The second edition of this highly regarded critical encounter with historical materialism and other major perspectives in social thought, shows how a critical theory of the advanced societies can still draw on marxism - if only sparingly - and remains an endeavour of fundamental importance in the social sciences at the present time.

Giddens shows how growing global interdependence directly affects everyday lives--its impact on culture, traditions, families, and politics. This eloquent volume is the starting point for anyone concerned about the increasingly connected world.

Sociology: A Brief but Critical Introduction offers a lively, discursive and jargon-free introduction to sociology, accessible to the lay reader as well as to the student. It incorporates discussion of recent developments in both social theory and empirical social research - developments to which Giddens has directly contributed.

The Giddens Reader contains a comprehensive selection of readings from the works of the pre-eminent social theorist Anthony Giddens. A wide range of important theoretical issues are covered, including the author's encounter with the writings of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Parsons and Foucault.