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Bauman, Beck, Giddens and our understanding of politics in late modernity
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posted on 2023-06-08, 10:21 authored by Matt DawsonThis article considers the political sociology of three prominent thinkers who describe a phase of ‘late modernity’: Zygmunt Bauman, Ulrich Beck and Anthony Giddens. It is argued in the case of Giddens and Beck that these ideas are faulty since they do not provide full conceptual space for agency, which they argue in their sociological work is central to understanding late modernity. Bauman's work does not suffer this problem. Nevertheless, his political framework is incomplete due, most notably, to his wish not to legislate. It is suggested that one common problem for all three is an inadequate or incomplete conception of power. This article also suggests problems with favouring a ‘disembedded’ over an ‘embedded’ definition of individualization for theories of late modernity.
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Journal of PowerISSN
1754-0291Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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2Volume
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189-207Department affiliated with
- Sociology and Criminology Publications
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2012-02-20Usage metrics
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