AnthonyGiddens, Baronygiddens (1938 65438+10/8-), a British sociologist, is one of the most important thinkers in the world today. He has made outstanding contributions in the field of contemporary sociology and is the most famous social science scholar since john maynard keynes.
The "third way" policy advocated by him and Blair has also influenced the policies of Britain and even other countries.
Chinese name: anthony giddens.
Anthony giddens, Baron Giddens
Nationality: UK
Place of birth: England
Date of birth: 1938 65438+ 10/8.
Occupation: sociologist
Graduate school: Cambridge University
Main achievements: 20 14 European Book Award.
Masterpiece: nation-state and violence
Role overview
AnthonyGiddens and Baronygiddens (1938 65438+10/8-) are British sociologists. Former Dean of London School of Economics (1997-2003), Professor of Cambridge University, Honorary Fellow of China Academy of Social Sciences. He is as famous as immanuel wallerstein, Habermas and Bourdieu, and he is a rare master scholar in contemporary European social and ideological circles.
193865438+1October 18 was born in the north of London, England. He studied at Hull University, London School of Economics and Cambridge University in his early years. Later, he became a professor at Cambridge University. He is famous for Giddens' structuralism and his ontological view of contemporary society. 1959 graduated from hull university, majoring in psychology and sociology. Subsequently, he received a master's degree in sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a doctorate from King's College, Cambridge University.
196 1 began to teach social psychology at the university of Leicester. 1969 was employed by the university of Cambridge, England, mainly teaching sociology, but it was not until 1987 that he was officially qualified as a professor. Giddens has contributed a lot to Cambridge. He founded PPS (Politics, Psychology, Sociology), a subordinate department of Cambridge School of Economics, and also founded PolityPressh at 1985.
His first teaching post was 1963 at the University of Leicester, England, and then he was transferred to Cambridge University. 1970 was hired as an academician of the Royal Sword Academy and served as a professor of sociology at Cambridge University. At the same time, he has a similar teaching position at the University of California, Santa Barbara. 1996 was hired as the president of the London School of Economics. In the 1970s, Giddens' academic achievements began to be published one after another, and now more than 20 books have been published. In the early stage, his works mainly focused on combing the previous sociological theories, while in the later stage, he focused on the study of modernity. In 2004, he was made a "life aristocrat" and became a member of the British House of Lords.
Giddens is famous for his structural theory and his ontological view of contemporary society. He is undoubtedly one of the most important thinkers in the world today. Over the past 40 years, a series of theories put forward by him have had an important impact on the world. In 2009, Giddens published a new book "Politics of Climate Change", which quickly attracted wide attention from academic and political circles around the world.
He is regarded as one of the outstanding scholars in the field of contemporary sociology. He has written at least 34 books, translated into at least 29 languages, and made academic contributions at an average rate of more than one book per year. Nation-State and Violence is one of his representative works. He is described as the most famous social science scholar since john maynard keynes. He is regarded as one of the outstanding scholars in the field of contemporary sociology.
The "Third Way" policy advocated by anthony giddens and Blair also influenced the policies of Britain and other countries.
Major achievements
Giddens' academic achievements are mainly reflected in sociology, politics, philosophy and other fields, which are embodied in the following aspects:
(1) Reflection on the thoughts of classical sociologists represented by Marx, Durkheim and Weber;
(2) Reflection on modern sociological research methods represented by structuralism, functionalism and explanatory sociology;
(3) Reconstruct sociological research methods and put forward the famous "structural theory";
(4) Put forward the theoretical paradigm of modernity and reflect on the development of modernity;
(5) The third road, etc.
At present, it mainly studies the political development of Britain and Europe under the background of globalization.
Written works
He is a famous master of thought in the world today. His research covers sociology, politics, psychology, philosophy and other disciplines. He has published nearly 40 academic works, many of which have world influence.
The "structural theory" he established had a decisive influence in the global academic circles, while the "third way" he proposed had a profound influence on the direction of western political development at the end of the 20th century. At the same time, he pushed "modernity" and "globalization" to the center of global academic research.
He is known as "Blair's spiritual mentor" and "the lone ranger in the publishing industry". In 2004, he was awarded the title of "lifelong aristocrat". Many of them have worldwide influence, and their representative works are:
New rules of sociological methods
The composition of society
Nation-state and violence
The consequences of modernity
Modernity and self-identity
Changes in intimate relationships
The third way: the revival of social democracy
Politics of climate change
Social assessment
Giddens made a systematic and critical investigation of various schools in the history of sociology, and thought that contemporary sociological theory should inherit and carry forward Mills' sociological imagination and expand it in three dimensions, namely, the historicity, anthropology and criticism of sociological theory. Only by comparing the history of different social forms and criticizing the existing social model can sociology fully understand and understand human society itself.
In methodology, he was deeply influenced by Ashu's ci and rejected naturalism and positivism. He believes that sociology follows the rule of "double-sided interpretation" when understanding society, that is, sociology uses unique theoretical concepts and terms to re-understand and reinterpret the constructed meaning framework. The social structure explored by sociology can only be explained through a structured process, trying to transcend and overcome the basic defects of sociology, but it is difficult to do it by itself. He is the author of Capitalism and Contemporary Social Theory, New Rules of Sociological Methods, Main Problems of Social Theory, Contemporary Criticism of Historical Materialism, Outline and Criticism of Social Theory, Social Structure: Outline of Structured Theory, Sociology: A Brief but Critical Introduction, etc.
Anthony giddens is not only the most famous sociologist and political thinker in Britain since Spencer, but also one of the most important thinkers in the world today. Together with Rawls, Habermas and other thinkers, he led the development of global social theory in the middle and late 20th century. The "third way" advocated by him has a far-reaching impact. After 1998, Blair, Clinton, Schroeder, D 'Gama, Jospin and other western leaders flaunted the political proposition of "the third way", and Europe became the so-called "pink Europe" for a time, so Giddens was also known as Blair's "spiritual mentor".