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Modernity and self-identity

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This major 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 characterised by a developed institutional reflexivity.

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Modernity and self-identity, Anthony Giddens

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1993
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Title
Modernity and self-identity
Language
English
Publisher
Polity Press
Released
1993
Format
Paperback
ISBN10
0745609325
ISBN13
9780745609324
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This major 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 characterised by a developed institutional reflexivity.