Sociological History §

(F) Day of the week: Tuesday Class: IS207 Created Time: July 14, 2020 8:30 AM Database: Class Notes Database Date: July 14, 2020 8:30 AM Days Till Date: Passed Last Edited Time: February 6, 2022 4:00 PM Type: Reading Notes

Anthony Giddens §

His 3 Aspects Related to IR

Structuration §

The actions of us are influenced by the structural characteristics of the societies in which we are brought up and live; at the same time, we recreate and alter those structural characteristics in our actions.

The Theory of Modern State §

The domestic and international dimensions of ‘structuration’ are linked.

Modernity: complex relationship among four institutional dimensions : surveillance, capitalism, industrialization, and military power.

Modernity and Globalization §

is concerned with the pace and scope of modern life, and argue that terms such as “left” or “right” are obsolete, that dual commitment at the global level to liberate politics and life politics

4 Institutionalized Clusters of Modernity (to counter globalization) §

• The institutionalization of labor movement
• The ecological movement: can counter devastation of the environment
• Peace movements: to counter institutionalization of arm trade
• Free speech and democracy: can counter state’s control of information and social surveillance.