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<p><p>anthony Giddens Is Arguably The World's Leading Sociologist. In This Controversial Contribution To The Giddens Debate, Stjepan Mestrovic Takes Up And Criticizes The Major Themes Of His Work - Particularly The Concept Of 'high Modernity' As Opposed To 'postmodernity' And His Attempted Construction Of A 'synthetic' Tradition Based On Human Agency And Structure.<br> Testing Giddens' Theories Against What Is Happening In The Real World From Genocide In Africa To Near Secession In Quebec, Mestrovic Discerns In The Construction Of Synthetic Traditions Not The Promise Of Freedom Held Out By Giddens But Rather The Ominous Potential For New Forms Of Totalitarian Control.</p> <h3>booknews</h3> <p>takes Up And Criticizes The Major Themes Of This Leading Sociologist's Work--particularly The Concept Of High Modernity As Opposed To Postmodernity And His Attempted Construction Of A Synthetic Tradition Based On Human Agency And Structure. Confronting Giddens With The Reality Of World Developments From The Continuing Genocide In Africa To Atrocities In Chechnya To The Secessionism In Quebec, This Book Argues That The Construction Of Synthetic Traditions Holds The Ominous Potential Of Ushering

Author

Stjepan G. Mestrovic; Stjepan Gabriel Meštrović

Publisher

London ; New York: Routledge

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780415756266

Subjects

Sociology, Social_sciences