late modernity

• what is late modernity?

  Giddens believe it is a continuation from the modern era
• what is reflexivity (GIDDENS)


  we are forced to reflect on who we are and our mistakes which makes us the people we are today and so we are constantly changing.
• what is risk consciousness?

  beck: late modern era as a global risk society- constant risk of calamities eg war/ environmental disasters

  • people are risk conscious meaning they try minimise risks and seek to improve society
• evaluations


  • PM criticises late modernists for their failure to recognise that the modern era has ended. argue society has changed more dramatically