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Social Forces ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 647-649
Author(s):  
B. Agger
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Russell Sage Foundation ◽  
Stanford University ◽  
Anthony Giddens

The Social Theory of Anthony Giddens: A New Syncretism?

1982 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Hirst
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
Anthony Giddens

Complex societies and social theory

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 493-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrián Scribano
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Identity Transformation ◽  
Central Issue ◽  
Complex Societies ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Anthony Giddens

A central issue in the social sciences today is the analysis of complex society, and topics like globalization, identity and self-identity, transformation of self and collective action become more and more important in social theory. This article intends to show (a) how the diagnosis of complexity affects the constitution of the topics at the heart of social theory and (b) what its major implications are from a theoretical and epistemic standpoint. Alberto Melucci and Anthony Giddens being among the most representative social scientists in this field, I examine each one's approaches and argue that we are in the presence of an “existential turn” in social theory.

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