Anthony Giddens is a sociologist that took a look at post modernization
and globalization. Using people would
say that we are either in a modern society or we have moved pass this it a
post-modernity society. Instead of looking at one or the other,
Giddens was able to look at society as still being in modernization but a
change identity he called radicalized modernity. I personally always thought it to be one or
the other, but when you looked into it more detailed there are still features
of our society that haven’t changed and many that have. Giddens had said that in a radical modern
society that self-identity is possible, universal features of truth, and still
a meaning in everyday life. Though
these examples maybe aren’t as easy for us to achieve in today’s society, it is
still possible for one to do so.
Giddens also notes, that he believes, that modernity is over
simplistic. There isn’t a detailed
enough definition for such a complex society.
Giddens look at this for examples of estrangement vs. integration. In a post-modernity society one would feel estrangement. It is absurd to feel so isolated in today’s
society for a multitude of reasons, a major one being social networking. Take a look at the example of Facebook. Though Facebook is an older social network,
there are many more coming out, but it is still a huge network with millions
upon millions of members. Here we see
that ability for a person to stay connected with friends or family anywhere in
the world. Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2JhpNbe2Io is a funny video that pokes at Facebook. Even if one moves to a big
city, like Chicago for instance, one has the ability to stay in contact with
family at the very least. Giddens gives
good examples and concepts on how we are in a radicalized modern society rather
than a post-modern society.
