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)。
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.
思想很犀利的一本书,可惜不少关键的地方明显译错,比如对脱域的界定、前现代与现代的信任与风险环境对比。建议若要引用,应对照原文。附一段原文,我觉得应该这么译:the 'lifting out' of social relations from local contexts of interaction and their restructuring acro...
评分什么是“风险” 要理解现代社会赖以维系的基础——“专家系统”,先要知道一个概念:“风险(RISK)”。 作为生来就活在现代社会的人,我们也许想不到,这么常见的一个词语,出现的非常晚。 他最早出现在西班牙语中,表示在穿越大西洋驶向美洲中的种种不确定因素。 并且,...
评分翻译和内容各三星吧。 首先谈谈翻译。翻译本来就是吃力不太好的事情,很容易因为对原作的似懂非懂而致使翻译的文章不通顺。如果读者读几遍都觉得一个句子不通顺的话,那十有八九是翻译错了。就本书的翻译来说,在一些关键的句子上以及词语的翻译上,不得不说作者曲解了原文。比...
评分翻译和内容各三星吧。 首先谈谈翻译。翻译本来就是吃力不太好的事情,很容易因为对原作的似懂非懂而致使翻译的文章不通顺。如果读者读几遍都觉得一个句子不通顺的话,那十有八九是翻译错了。就本书的翻译来说,在一些关键的句子上以及词语的翻译上,不得不说作者曲解了原文。比...
评分远与近 《现代性的后果》124页,吉登斯引用梅罗韦兹的话:一个人正在与世界的另一边的一个人通电话,与同房间的一个人相比,他与远处的那个人的距离倒更近一些(同房间的这个人无非是问问:“谁来的电话?她说什么?”,等等)。 显然,在这里交流的信息量的多少,是衡量所谓...
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评分吉登斯在理论的综融和应用上达到了难以企及的高度,虽是探讨现代性,吉登斯理论上广阔的视野和联系会让理论和背景准备不足的读者无所适从。
评分明天上课要讨论的书,一周匆匆读完。
评分need more background/Simmel: money&trust/Said/postcolonialism
评分Giddens的这本1990年出版的书应该是讨论现代性里最独树一帜的一本。里面很多观点都是高度提炼的,比如他强调时间空间的distantiating, 社会系统间的disembedding,并在此框架内定义货币为一种时间上的deferral,真是耳目一新。当然也有后殖民学者批评他所说的现代性都是欧洲中心主义。
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