The flow of action continually produces consequences which are unintended by actors, and these unintended consequences also may form unacknowledged conditions of actions in a feedback fashion. Human history is created by intentional activities but is not an intended project; it persistently eludes efforts to bring it under conscious direction.


The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration (ed. 2013)

Anthony Giddens Quotes

The flow of action continually produces consequences which are unintended by actors, and these unintended consequences also may form unacknowledged...

The flow of action continually produces consequences which are unintended by actors, and these unintended consequences also may form unacknowledged...

The flow of action continually produces consequences which are unintended by actors, and these unintended consequences also may form unacknowledged...

The flow of action continually produces consequences which are unintended by actors, and these unintended consequences also may form unacknowledged...