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Jan 1, 1938 — —· 88 yrs

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Anthony Giddens

Also known as: ANTHONY GIDDENS

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Let me open my discussion by describing some of the findings of a specific sociological study, plucked rather arbitrarily from a particular area of research.

— from Modernity and self-identity

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Emile Durkheim

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Im letzten Viertel des 19. Jahrhunderts entsteht ein neues Krisenbewusstsein der entwickelten Gesellschaften, die einen raschen sozialen Wandel durchlaufen. Gesellschaftstheoretische Entwürfe werden im Namen einer neuen Wissenschaft ausformuliert, für die sich die Bezeichnung "Soziologie" rasch durchsetzt. Neben die ältere Statistik tritt sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung, die der theoretischen Anleitung bedarf. Für René König hat vor allem der die empirische Forschung anleitende Entwurf Emile Durkheims paradigmatische Bedeutung für die Entwicklung einer humanistischen Zielen zustrebenden Gesellschaft, so dass sich König immer wieder an diesem Entwurf einer an Tatsachen orientierten Soziologie mit theoretischem Anspruch und moralischem Profil orientiert hat. In diesem Band werden Königs Schriften zu Durkheim und zur französischen Soziologie versammelt. Zusätzlich wird sein reiches Schaffen an Diskussionsbeiträgen und Rezensionen sichtbar gemacht.

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The transformation of intimacy

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"The sexual revolution: an evocative term, but what meaning can be given to it today? How does 'sexuality' come into being and what connections does it have with the changes that have affected personal life on a more general plane? In answering these questions, Anthony Giddens disputes many of the dominant interpretations of the role of sexuality in modern culture. The emergence of what the author calls plastic sexuality - sexuality freed from its intrinsic relation to reproduction - is analysed in terms of the long-term development of the modern social order and social influences of the last few decades. Giddens argues that the transformation of intimacy, in which women have played the major part, holds out the possibility of a radical democratization of the personal sphere." "This book will appeal to a large general audience as well as being essential reading for students and professionals."--Jacket.

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Politics, sociology and social theory

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This book is built upon a series of critical encounters with major figures in classical and present-day social and political thought. The volume offers not only a challenging critique of major traditions of social and political analysis, but unique insights into the ideas which Anthony Giddens has developed over the past two decades. The volume includes discussions of politics and sociology in the thought of Max Weber, together with analyses of Durkheim's political sociology and his interpretation of individualism and solidarity in modern societies. Various more contemporary figures are also subjected to critical dissection and appraisal, most notably Habermas, Foucault, Marcuse, Garfinkel and Popper. The work therefore serves as a comprehensive introduction to some of the main debates preoccupying the social sciences and politics. A number of unifying themes associated with Gidden's standpoint run through each of the chapters: the methodological reconstruction of social investigation, the reinterpretation of modernity and the reformulation of a critical theory of politics.

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