Title Risk society : towards a new modernity / Ulrich Beck ; translated by Mark Ritter

Published London : Sage, 1992 London : SAGE Publications Limited, 2012 ©1992

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Description 260 pages ; 24 cm Series Theory culture & society Theory, culture & society. Contents 1. On the logic of wealth distribution and risk distribution -- 2. The politics of knowledge in the risk society -- 3. Beyond status and class? -- 4. 'I am I': gendered space and conflict inside and outside the family -- 5. Individualization, institionalization and standardization: life situations and biographical patterns -- 6. Destandardization of labor -- 7. Science and beyond truth and enlightenment? -- 8. Opening up the political Summary Western industrial society is widely seen to be going through a decisive transitional period into a form defined variously as 'post-Enlightenment', 'post-Fordist' or 'postmodern'. Arguing that we are instead facing a different modernity typified by reflexivity, Ulrich Beck goes beyond these descriptions to provide a coherent picture of the direction of global social change. Underpinning the analysis is the notion of the ̀risk society'. The changing nature of society's relation to production and distribution is related to the environmental impact as a totalizing, globalizing economy based on scientific and technical knowledge becomes more central to social organization and social conflict Analysis Social change Social change Overseas item Social change Social conflict Notes Translation of: Risikogesellschaft : auf dem Weg in eine andere Moderne. Frankfurt am Main : Suhrkamp Verlag, 1986 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-249) and index Notes Translation of: Risikogesellschaft Subject Civilization, Modern. Industries -- Environmental aspects. Industries -- Environmental aspects -- Germany (West) Modernism (Christian theology) Postmodernism. Progress. Risk -- Social aspects. Risk -- Sociological aspects. Risk. Social change. Social conflict -- Germany (West) Social conflict. Social role. Social structure -- Germany (West) Social structure. Technology -- Social aspects -- Germany (West) Technology -- Social aspects. Wealth -- Germany (West) -- Moral and ethical aspects. Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects. Industry [MESH] Industry. Risk [MESH] Risk. Social Change [MESH] Social Change. Social Conditions [MESH] Social Conditions. Social Environment [MESH] Social Environment. Technology [MESH] Technology. Technology. Sociology. Author Ritter, Mark, translator LC no. 92050272 ISBN 080398345X 0803983468 (paperback) 9780803983458 (paperback) 9780803983465 (paperback)

Other Titles Risikogesellschaft : auf dem Weg in eine andere Moderne. English Risikogesellschaft : Auf dem weg in eine andere moderne

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