Giddens' Modernity

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This paper discusses the theories of Anthony Giddens who poses a framework for sociological theory in modernity. The paper discusses his beliefs in the area of globalization, communication, the traditions of the family unit and how they have changed, and the changes in industrial society, politics, and the world. He theorizes that there is evidence that our social structure has changed and draws conclusions about the solutions. This paper discusses those concepts in depth.

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"After World War II, society began to change. Industrial America functioned toward the individual and in the manner that the individual incorporated industrial America into their lives. As these later views began to emerge theorists started to believe that the structured elements of modernism would not be sufficient to plot the way that society would function in the decades to come. Everything about society was changing so rapidly that it was impossible to place old ideas on current events as they unfolded. Therefore, postmodernists began to analyze what modern thinkers had concluded and found that it was vital for modernists to understand that their concepts of society had not vanished; they had just evolved into a broader form. It was also important to note that modernism had been adopted with the concept of recurring change incorporated into its theoretical image."

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