"To live in the universe of high modernity……" — Anthony Giddens
"To live in the universe of high modernity is to live in an environment of chance and risk, the ineveitable concomitants of a system geared to the domination of nature and the reflexive making of history. Fate and destiny have no formal part to play in such a system, which operates (as a matter of principle) via what I shall call open human control of the natural and social worlds."
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Anthony Giddens
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23 Quotes by Anthony Giddens
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The body is in some sense perennially at risk. The possibility of bodily injury is ever-present, even in the most…
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The body is an object in which we are all privileged, or doomed, to dwell, the source of feelings of…
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The sustaining of life, in a bodily sense as well as in the sense of psychological health, is inherently subject…
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In a world of alternative lifestyle options, strategic life planning becomes of special importance. Like lifestyle patterns, life plans of…
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'Taking charge of one's life' involves risk, because it means confronting a diversity of open possibilities.
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Achieving control over change, in respect to lifestyle, demands an engagement with the outer social world rather than a retreat…
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The difficulties of living in a secular risk culture are compounded by the importance of lifestyle choices.
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