Reflexive modernization : politics, tradition and aesthetics in the modern social order

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Title:

Author:

Beck, Ulrich, 1944-2015.

ISBN:

9780804724715

9780804724722

Personal Author:

Beck, Ulrich, 1944-2015.

Publication Information:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1994.

Physical Description:

viii, 225 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

1. The Reinvention of Politics: Towards a Theory of Reflexive Modernization / Ulrich Beck -- 2. Living in a Post-Traditional Society / Anthony Giddens -- 3. Reflexivity and its Doubles: Structure, Aesthetics, Community / Scott Lash -- 4. Replies and Critiques / Ulrich Beck, Anthony Giddens and Scott Lash.

Subject Term:

Social structure.

Postmodernism.

Civilization, Modern.

Added Author:

Giddens, Anthony.

Lash, Scott.

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Summary

The theme of reflexivity has come to be central to social analysis. In this book three prominent social thinkers discuss the implications of "reflexive modernization" for social and cultural theory today.