Risk society : towards a new modernity / Ulrich Beck ; translated by Mark Ritter.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Theory, culture & societyPublication details: Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, 1992.Description: 260 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780803983465 (pbk.) :
- 080398345X
- Risikogesellschaft. English
- 306 BEC
- HM866 .B3913 1992
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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.