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[21] Giddens remains fairly optimistic about the future of humanity: "There is no single agent, group or movement that, as Marx's proletariat was supposed to do, can carry the hopes of humanity, but there are many points of political engagement which offer good cause for optimism."
Giddens emerged as a significant figure in revisionist socialism by advocating for increased state intervention in the face of globalized capitalism. He recognized the obsolescence of conventional Keynesian economics and the need for socialism to adapt to a more free-market form of capitalism.
Jun 2, 2020 · Anthony Giddens is one of the most prominent thinkers behind the third way, a philosophical approach that shaped those policies implemented by New Labour (1997-2010). Although the term is fascist in origin, Giddens and others sought to reinvigorate social democracy in the context of globalisation.
modernity pose a threat to self-integrity, even planetary survival, they offer historically unrivaled potentials for self-actualization conjoining the search for identity with the transformation to a postmodern order. This is the position taken by Anthony Giddens.
Dec 3, 2020 · The chapter argues that weaknesses in Anthony Giddens’s later work on “third-way” politics are a consequence of its neglect of the best instincts of his earlier, seminal work on structuration theory.
May 5, 2015 · On all of these, Giddens is relatively optimistic. The massive advances in communications media can bring home the message that the future risks are daunting and immediate – and are increasingly linked to violence, even war.
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He dissected the question of agency in a structured world, the linking of micro-processes to macro forces, and the relevance of globalization for everyday life. More recently, he has addressed the consequences of the digital revolution and the threat to human existence posed by climate change.
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