Reflexive Modernization - Politics, Tradition and Aesthetics in the Modern Social Order (Paperback)

In this book, three social thinkers discuss the implications of reflexive modernization for social and cultural theory today. Ulrich Beck's vision of the risk society has already become influential. Beck offers a new elaboration of his basic ideas, connecting reflexive modernization with new issues to do with the state and political organization. Giddens offers an in-depth examination of the connections between institutional reflexivity and the de-traditionalizing of the modern world. We are entering, he argues, a phase of the development of a global society. A global society is not a world society, but one with universalizing tendencies. Lash develops the theme of reflexive modernization in relation to aesthetics and the interpretation of culture. In this domain, he suggests, we need to look again at the conventional theories of postmodernism; aesthetic modernization has distinctive qualities that need to be uncovered and analyzed.

General

Imprint:	Polity Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 1994
First published:	September 1994
Authors:	Ulrich Beck • Anthony Giddens • Scott Lash
Dimensions:	233 x 150 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-7456-1278-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
LSN:	0-7456-1278-4
Barcode:	9780745612782

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