Social Theories Archives – Page 14 of 21

Giddens – Fate, Risk and Security

A Summary of Anthony Giddens’ Modernity and Self Identity, Chapter 4 – Fate, Risk and Security Fate, Fatalism, Fateful Moments […]

Karl Thompson / September 15, 2016

A summary of/ notes on Tyranny of the Moment: Fast and Slow Time in the Information Age by Thomas Hylland

Karl Thompson / September 13, 2016

Jock Young (1999) argues we are now living in a late modern society characterised by instability, insecurity and exclusion, which

Karl Thompson / September 10, 2016

Three articles about the close and friendly relationship between politicians and big business caught my attention this week. The three

Karl Thompson / September 7, 2016

A brief summary of Steph Lawler’s ‘Identity’ – Chapter One – Stories, Memories, Identities Introduction: living lives and telling stories

Karl Thompson / September 2, 2016

People do not become criminals because of their social background, crime emerges because of labelling by authorities. Crime is the

Karl Thompson / September 1, 2016

Functionalists believe society shapes the individual and that social order and value consensus are good.

A summary of Michel Foucault’s work on identity, deviance and normality, governmentality, subjectification and technologies of the self, taken from

A Summary of chapter three of Anthony Giddens’ Modernity and Self-Identity Self-identity, history, modernity Drawing on a therapeutic text –

The British media love The Olympics, especially when ‘Team GB’ are so successful, but there’s a lot more to individual