his contributions to the study of environmental issues and climate change. Previous holders of the chair include James Lovelock, David Sloan Wilson and Eva Joly. He also holds over 15 honorary degrees from various universities, including recently honorary degrees from Jagiellonian University (2015), the University of South Australia (2016), Goldsmiths, University of London (2016) and Lingnan University (2017). Select bibliography Giddens is the author of over 34 books and 200 articles. This is a selection of some of the most important of his works: Giddens, Anthony (1971) Capitalism and Modern Social Theory: An Analysis of the writings of Marx, Durkheim and Max Weber. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Giddens, Anthony (1973) The Class Structure of the Advanced Societies. London: Hutchinson. Giddens, Anthony (1976) Functionalism: apres la lutte, Social Research, 43, 325–366. Giddens, Anthony (1976) New Rules of Sociological Method: a Positive Critique of interpretative Sociologies. London: Hutchinson. Giddens, Anthony (1977) Studies in Social and Political Theory. London: Hutchinson. Giddens, Anthony (1978) Durkheim. London: Fontana Modern Masters. Giddens, Anthony (1979) Central problems in Social Theory: Action, Structure and Contradiction in Social Analysis. London: Macmillan. Giddens, Anthony (1981) A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism. Vol. 1. Power, Property and the State. London: Macmillan. Giddens, Anthony (1982) Sociology: A Brief but Critical Introduction. London: Macmillan. Giddens, Anthony (1982) Profiles and Critiques in Social Theory. London: Macmillan. Giddens, Anthony; Mackenzie, Gavin (eds.) (1982) Social Class and the Division of Labour: Essays in Honour of Ilya Neustadt. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Giddens, Anthony (1984) The Constitution of Society. Outline of the Theory of Structuration. Cambridge: Polity. Giddens, Anthony (1985) A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism. Vol. 2. The Nation-State and Violence. Cambridge: Polity. Giddens, Anthony (1990) The Consequences of Modernity. Cambridge: Polity. Giddens, Anthony (1991) Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age. Cambridge: Polity. Giddens, Anthony (1992) The Transformation of Intimacy: Sexuality, Love and Eroticism in Modern Societies. Cambridge: Polity. Beck, Ulrich; Giddens, Anthony; Lash, Scott (1994) Reflexive Modernization: Politics, Tradition and Aesthetics in the Modern Social Order. Cambridge: Polity. Giddens, Anthony (1994) Beyond Left and Right — the Future of Radical Politics. Cambridge: Polity. Giddens, Anthony (1995) Politics, Sociology and Social Theory: Encounters with Classical and Contemporary Social Thought. Cambridge: Polity. Giddens, Anthony (1996) In Defence of Sociology. Cambridge: Polity. Giddens, Anthony (1996) Durkheim on Politics and the State. Cambridge: Polity. Giddens, Anthony (1998) The Third Way. The Renewal of Social