Giddens’ ambition is both to recast social theory and to re-examine our understanding of the development and trajectory of modernity.
This stage is reflected by his critique of postmodernity, and discussions of a new “utopian-realist” third way in politics, visible in the Consequence of Modernity (1990), Modernity and Self-Identity (1991), The Transformation of Intimacy (1992), Beyond Left and Right (1994) and The Third Way: The Renewal of Social Democracy (1998).
The most recent stage concerns modernity, globalization and politics, especially the impact of modernity on social and personal life. His works of that period, such as Central Problems in Social Theory (1979) and The Constitution of Society (1984), brought him international fame on the sociological arena. In the second stage Giddens developed the theory of structuration, an analysis of agency and structure, in which primacy is granted to neither. His major publications of that era include Capitalism and Modern Social Theory (1971) and New Rules of Sociological Method (1976). 5th personal documents ReviseSociologyKen Wilber. The first one involved outlining a new vision of what sociology is, presenting a theoretical and methodological understanding of that field, based on a critical reinterpretation of the classics. (PDF) AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISMMacionis & Plummer, Sociology: A Global Introduction. Three notable stages can be identified in his academic life.
