Quote by Anthony Giddens
"To be modern is to live with contingency and contradiction as permanent features of existence."
"To be modern is to live with contingency and contradiction as permanent features of existence."
"Modernity is a reflexive civilisation—the first civilisation that has to live with the knowledge that all its institutions are human creations."
"We are not imprisoned by history; we are freed by it."
"The more we know about how the world works, the less we can take for granted."
"Trust is not blind faith. It is a form of practical engagement with the world."