Anthony Giddens has been described as ?the most important English social philosopher of our time.? Over 25 years, with a dazzling series of books that attest to his unrelenting productivity, he has established himself as today?s most widely read and widely cited social theorist. In recent years, his writings have become more explicitly political, and in 1996 he became Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. It is in this position that he has been accepted as the key intellectual figure of Tony Blair?s New Labour government. Giddens?s interests have always been remarkably diverse, ranging from Continental philosophy to self-help therapy, and his work builds on a critical engagement with an extraordinary array of texts from within and beyond the canon of the social sciences. His ideas have profoundly influenced the writing and teaching of the central ideas of the rapidly...
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