Risk society : towards a new modernity /
Beck, Ulrich, 1944-2015.
Risk society : towards a new modernity / Ulrich Beck ; translated by Mark Ritter. - Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, 1992. - 260 p. ; 24 cm. - Theory, culture & society . - Theory, culture & society .
Originally published as 'Risikogeselschaft: Auf dem Weg in eine andere Moderne' by Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1986.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I.Living on the volcano of civilization: the contours of the risk society -- 1.On the logic of wealth distribution and risk distributio n-- 2.The politics of knowledge in the risk society -- Part II.The individualization of social inequality: life forms and the demise of tradition -- 3.Beyond status and class? -- 4.'I am I': gendered space and conflict inside and outside the family -- 5.Individualization, institutionalization and standardization: life situations and biographical patterns - 6.Destandardization of labor -- Part III.Reflexive modernization: on the generalization of science and politics -- 7.Science beyond truth and enlightenmen? -- 8.Opening up the political.
Translated from the German.
9780803983465 (pbk.) : No price 080398345X
Postmodernism--Social aspects
Social change.
Popular culture.
Risk--Sociological aspects
Technology--Social aspects
Progress.
Social structure.
Industries--Environmental aspects
Society.
Social theory
Political science & theory
Cultural studies
Anthropology
HM866 / .B3913 1992
306 BEC
Risk society : towards a new modernity / Ulrich Beck ; translated by Mark Ritter. - Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, 1992. - 260 p. ; 24 cm. - Theory, culture & society . - Theory, culture & society .
Originally published as 'Risikogeselschaft: Auf dem Weg in eine andere Moderne' by Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1986.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I.Living on the volcano of civilization: the contours of the risk society -- 1.On the logic of wealth distribution and risk distributio n-- 2.The politics of knowledge in the risk society -- Part II.The individualization of social inequality: life forms and the demise of tradition -- 3.Beyond status and class? -- 4.'I am I': gendered space and conflict inside and outside the family -- 5.Individualization, institutionalization and standardization: life situations and biographical patterns - 6.Destandardization of labor -- Part III.Reflexive modernization: on the generalization of science and politics -- 7.Science beyond truth and enlightenmen? -- 8.Opening up the political.
Translated from the German.
9780803983465 (pbk.) : No price 080398345X
Postmodernism--Social aspects
Social change.
Popular culture.
Risk--Sociological aspects
Technology--Social aspects
Progress.
Social structure.
Industries--Environmental aspects
Society.
Social theory
Political science & theory
Cultural studies
Anthropology
HM866 / .B3913 1992
306 BEC