Confronting Quote by Anthony Giddens

“'Taking charge of one's life' involves risk, because it means…” quote by Anthony Giddens — Download Open image

“'Taking charge of one's life' involves risk, because it means confronting a diversity of open possibilities.”

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The risk climate of modernity is thus unsettling for everyone: no one escapes.

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The sustaining of life, in a bodily sense as well as in the sense of psychological health, is inherently subject to risk.

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