The Consequences of Modernity
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The Consequences of Modernity is a seminal sociological work by Anthony Giddens that analyzes how modern social institutions, risk, and globalization transform everyday life and reshape our understanding of time, space, and identity.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Consequences of Modernity Context triple: [Anthony Giddens, notableWork, The Consequences of Modernity]
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A.
The Malaise of Modernity
The Malaise of Modernity is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that examines how individualism, instrumental reason, and the loss of shared moral horizons shape the problems and anxieties of contemporary Western society.
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Structure and Process in Modern Societies
Structure and Process in Modern Societies is a sociological work by Talcott Parsons that elaborates his structural-functional theory by examining how social structures and processes interact in contemporary societies.
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C.
Modern Social Imaginaries
Modern Social Imaginaries is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that explores how shared social understandings and collective imaginaries shape modern Western institutions, practices, and identities.
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One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man is a 1964 philosophical critique by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes how advanced industrial societies create conformist, "one-dimensional" thinking that undermines genuine freedom and critical consciousness.
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E.
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere is a seminal work of social and political theory by Jürgen Habermas that analyzes the historical rise and decline of the bourgeois public sphere and its implications for modern democracy and communication.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Consequences of Modernity Target entity description: The Consequences of Modernity is a seminal sociological work by Anthony Giddens that analyzes how modern social institutions, risk, and globalization transform everyday life and reshape our understanding of time, space, and identity.
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A.
The Malaise of Modernity
The Malaise of Modernity is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that examines how individualism, instrumental reason, and the loss of shared moral horizons shape the problems and anxieties of contemporary Western society.
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B.
Structure and Process in Modern Societies
Structure and Process in Modern Societies is a sociological work by Talcott Parsons that elaborates his structural-functional theory by examining how social structures and processes interact in contemporary societies.
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C.
Modern Social Imaginaries
Modern Social Imaginaries is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that explores how shared social understandings and collective imaginaries shape modern Western institutions, practices, and identities.
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D.
One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man is a 1964 philosophical critique by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes how advanced industrial societies create conformist, "one-dimensional" thinking that undermines genuine freedom and critical consciousness.
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E.
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere is a seminal work of social and political theory by Jürgen Habermas that analyzes the historical rise and decline of the bourgeois public sphere and its implications for modern democracy and communication.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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sociology book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
cultural sociology
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political sociology ⓘ sociology of modernity ⓘ |
| author | Anthony Giddens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | postmodernist accounts of social change ⓘ |
| discusses |
abstract systems
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disembedding mechanisms ⓘ expert systems ⓘ global interconnectedness ⓘ institutional dimensions of modernity ⓘ modernity and everyday life ⓘ modernity and personal identity ⓘ ontological security ⓘ reflexivity of modernity ⓘ risk society ⓘ separation of time and space ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
social philosophy
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sociology ⓘ |
| genre |
academic literature
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOn | modernity as ongoing project ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary social theory
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globalization studies ⓘ identity theory in late modernity ⓘ risk theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
globalization
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identity ⓘ modern social institutions ⓘ modernity ⓘ risk ⓘ social theory ⓘ time-space distanciation ⓘ trust ⓘ |
| proposesConcept |
abstract systems of trust
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disembedding ⓘ reembedding ⓘ time-space distanciation ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| publisher | Stanford University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
scholars
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social theorists ⓘ students of sociology ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
Giddensian social theory
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late modernity thesis ⓘ |
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