Anthony Giddens
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Anthony Giddens is a British sociologist best known for developing structuration theory and for his influential work on modernity, globalization, and social theory.
All labels observed (1)
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| Anthony Giddens canonical | 19 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1444230 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anthony Giddens Context triple: [Michel Foucault, influenced, Anthony Giddens]
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A.
Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu was a French sociologist and public intellectual known for his influential theories on social capital, habitus, and the reproduction of social inequality.
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B.
Loïc Wacquant
Loïc Wacquant is a French sociologist and social theorist known for his work on urban marginality, the penal state, and the body, often combining ethnography with critical theory.
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C.
Stuart Hall
Stuart Hall is a principal academic and administrative building on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey.
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D.
Fredric Jameson
Fredric Jameson is an American literary critic and Marxist theorist best known for his analyses of postmodernism, late capitalism, and cultural theory.
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E.
Robert Nisbet
Robert Nisbet was a 20th-century American sociologist and conservative social theorist known for his critiques of modern individualism and the erosion of traditional communities and intermediate institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anthony Giddens Target entity description: Anthony Giddens is a British sociologist best known for developing structuration theory and for his influential work on modernity, globalization, and social theory.
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A.
Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu was a French sociologist and public intellectual known for his influential theories on social capital, habitus, and the reproduction of social inequality.
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B.
Loïc Wacquant
Loïc Wacquant is a French sociologist and social theorist known for his work on urban marginality, the penal state, and the body, often combining ethnography with critical theory.
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C.
Stuart Hall
Stuart Hall is a principal academic and administrative building on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey.
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D.
Fredric Jameson
Fredric Jameson is an American literary critic and Marxist theorist best known for his analyses of postmodernism, late capitalism, and cultural theory.
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E.
Robert Nisbet
Robert Nisbet was a 20th-century American sociologist and conservative social theorist known for his critiques of modern individualism and the erosion of traditional communities and intermediate institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British academic
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human ⓘ social theorist ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
PhD
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bachelor's degree ⓘ master's degree ⓘ |
| birthName | Anthony Giddens ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1938-01-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
King's College, Cambridge
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linked to:
King’s College, Cambridge
London School of Economics ⓘ University of Hull ⓘ |
| employer |
King's College, Cambridge
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linked to:
King’s College, Cambridge
London School of Economics ⓘ University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
University of Leicester ⓘ |
| familyName | Giddens ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
globalization studies
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modernity studies ⓘ political sociology ⓘ social theory ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| genre | academic non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Anthony ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Lord ⓘ |
| influenced |
New Labour policy in the United Kingdom
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contemporary social theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Karl Marx
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Max Weber ⓘ Émile Durkheim ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Third Way political theory
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linked to:
Third Way politics
structuration theory ⓘ theory of modernity ⓘ work on globalization ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
House of Lords
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Labour Party (UK) ⓘ |
| name | Anthony Giddens ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Modernity and Self-Identity
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Runaway World ⓘ The Consequences of Modernity ⓘ The Constitution of Society ⓘ The Third Way ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| positionHeld |
Director of the London School of Economics
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Fellow of King's College, Cambridge ⓘ Life peer in the House of Lords ⓘ Professor of Sociology ⓘ |
| title | Baron Giddens ⓘ |
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Referenced by (19)
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