Risk Society
Towards a New Modernity (Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society)
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This panoramic analysis of the condition of Western societies has been hailed as a classic. This first English edition has taken its place as a core text of contemporary sociology alongside earlier typifications of society as postindustrial and current debates about the social dimensions of the postmodern.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.
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Risk Society, Ulrich Beck
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- 1992
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- Title
- Risk Society
- Subtitle
- Towards a New Modernity (Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society)
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ulrich Beck
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Released
- 1992
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN10
- 0803983468
- ISBN13
- 9780803983465
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, True Stories, Business, Business & Management, Political Science & Politics, Philosophical Topics, Philosophy, Family, Politics, Science, Economics, Sociology, Opinion Journalism & Essays, Gifts for grandpa, Society, Culture and Society, Scientific Theories, Future, Criticism, Development, Globalization, Modernism, Civilization, Social Policy, Consumer Society, Overpopulation
- First published
- 1986
- Original title
- Risikgesellschaft
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
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- This panoramic analysis of the condition of Western societies has been hailed as a classic. This first English edition has taken its place as a core text of contemporary sociology alongside earlier typifications of society as postindustrial and current debates about the social dimensions of the postmodern.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.