Name: The Consequences of Modernity
ISBN: 9780804718912

作者: Anthony Giddens
出版社: Stanford University Press
出版年: 1991-3-1
页数: 188
定价: USD 22.95
装帧: Paperback
ISBN: 9780804718912

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In this major theoretical statement, the author offers a new and provoctive interpretation of institutional transformations associated with modernity. What is modernity? The author suggests, "As a first approximation, let us simply say the following: 'modernity' refers to modes of social life or organization which emerged in Europe from about the seventeenth century onwards and which subsequently became more or less worldwide in their influence." We do not as yet, the author argues, live in a post-modern world. The distinctive characteristics of our major social institutions in the closing years of the twentieth century suggest that, rather than entering into a period of post-modernity, we are moving into a period of "high modernity" in which the consequences of modernity are becoming more radicalized and universalized than before. A post-modern social universe may eventualy come into being, but this as yet lies on the other side of the forms of social and cultural organization that currently dominate world history. In developing a fresh characterization of the nature of modernity, the author concentrates on the themes of "security versus danger and o "trust versus risk. Modernity is a double-edged phenomenon. The development of modern social institutions has created vastly greater opportunities for human beings to enjoy a secure and rewarding existencethan in any type of pre-modern system. But modernity also has a somber side that has become very important in the present century, such as the frequently degrading nature of modern industrial work, the growth of totalitarianism, the threat of environmentsal destruction, and the alrming development of military power and weaponry. The book builds upon the author's pevious theoretical writings and will be of great interest to those who have followed his work through the years. However, this book covers issues the author has not previously analyzed and extends the scope of his work into areas of pressing practical concern.

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作者简介：

安东尼·吉登斯（1938— ）　战后英国最重要的社会学家之一，1938年出生于北伦敦的埃德蒙顿，1976年获剑桥大学博士学位，先后任教于莱切斯特大学、西蒙·弗雷泽大学、加州大学洛杉矶分校和剑桥大学，1997年起任伦敦政治经济学院院长。吉登斯一直处于当代社会学理论与实践的发展前沿，他的著作综括了近三十年来的社会政治变革，尤以构成理论和“第三条道路”的学说为全球学界所瞩目。他还是布莱尔政府的重要智囊之一。他的主要著作还有：《社会学》（1982）、《社会的构成》（1984）、《民族国家与暴力》（1985）、《超越左与右》（1994）、《第三条道路》（1998）。

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“现代性以前所未有的方式，把我们抛离了所有类型的社会秩序的轨道，从而形成了其生活形态。在外延和内涵两方面，现代性卷入的变革比过往时代的绝大多数变迁特征都更加意义深远。在外延方面，它们确立了跨越全球的社会联系方式；在内涵方面，它们正在改变我们日常生活中最熟悉和最带个人色彩的领域。” (查看原文)

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在现代社会活动数不清的背景中，构成日常生活的种种彼此相遇的，是被霍夫曼称之为＂世俗的不经意＂的东西。这种现象要求显示这种不经意的人具有复杂而高度熟练的自我管理能力，即使它看起来仅仅是最微弱的暗示和信号。在城市的人行道上，两个人相遇，又擦肩而过。还能有什么比这更平常和更乏味呢？在一个城市某一街区内，这样的事一天就会发生上百万次。然而在这里发生的，是身体管理的细微方面同现代性的某些最普遍特性的明显联系。＂不经意＂所展示的，不是冷漠。更确切地说，它展示的，是对可被称之为礼貌的疏远的刻意控制。当两个人彼此走进时，每个人都急速地扫视一下对方的面孔，但当他们擦肩而过时却又都转移目光。霍夫曼把这称为相互＂朦胧＂。这短短一瞥，表示承认对方不仅是一主体行动者，而且也可能会彼此认识。捕捉他人的目光只是短暂的瞬间，擦肩而过时却举目遥看前方，与之伴随的是一种不带敌意的含蓄态度。 (查看原文)

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