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Ulrich Beck [electronic resource] : Pioneer in Cosmopolitan Sociology and Risk Society / edited by Ulrich Beck.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice ; 18Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014Edition: 1st ed. 2014Description: XV, 193 p. 18 illus., 14 illus. in color. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783319049908
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 305
LOC classification:
  • HM706
  • HM821-821.17
Online resources:
Contents:
Mads P. Sørensen and Allan Christiansen Biography: Ulrich Beck -- Bibliography -- Dirk Matten: The Risk Society Thesis in Environmental Politics and Management - A Global Perspective -- Ino Rossi: Reflexive Modernization -- Yishai Blank: The Reality of Cosmopolitanism -- Zygmunt Bauman: Jerusalem vs. Athens Revisited -- Incalculable Futures: World Risk Society and its Social and Political Implications -- Individualization Is Eroding Traditions Worldwide: A Comparison between Europe and China -- Beyond Class and Nation: Reframing Social Inequalities in a Globalizing World -- The Two Faces of Religion.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: This book presents Ulrich Beck, one of the world's leading sociologists and social thinkers, as a Pioneer in Cosmopolitan Sociology and Risk Society. His world risk society theory has been confirmed by recent disasters - events that have shaken modern society to the core, signaling the end of an era in which comprehensive insurance could keep us safe. Due to its own successes, modern society now faces failure: while in the past experiments were conducted in a lab, now the whole world is a test bed. Whether nuclear plants, genetically modified organisms, nanotechnology - if any of these experiments went wrong, the consequences would have a global impact and would be irreversible. Beck recommends ignoring the mathematical morality of expert opinions, which seek to identify the level of a given risk by calculating the probability of its occurrence. Instead, man's fear of collapse should offer an opportunity for international cooperation and a cosmopolitan turn in the social sciences.
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Mads P. Sørensen and Allan Christiansen Biography: Ulrich Beck -- Bibliography -- Dirk Matten: The Risk Society Thesis in Environmental Politics and Management - A Global Perspective -- Ino Rossi: Reflexive Modernization -- Yishai Blank: The Reality of Cosmopolitanism -- Zygmunt Bauman: Jerusalem vs. Athens Revisited -- Incalculable Futures: World Risk Society and its Social and Political Implications -- Individualization Is Eroding Traditions Worldwide: A Comparison between Europe and China -- Beyond Class and Nation: Reframing Social Inequalities in a Globalizing World -- The Two Faces of Religion.

This book presents Ulrich Beck, one of the world's leading sociologists and social thinkers, as a Pioneer in Cosmopolitan Sociology and Risk Society. His world risk society theory has been confirmed by recent disasters - events that have shaken modern society to the core, signaling the end of an era in which comprehensive insurance could keep us safe. Due to its own successes, modern society now faces failure: while in the past experiments were conducted in a lab, now the whole world is a test bed. Whether nuclear plants, genetically modified organisms, nanotechnology - if any of these experiments went wrong, the consequences would have a global impact and would be irreversible. Beck recommends ignoring the mathematical morality of expert opinions, which seek to identify the level of a given risk by calculating the probability of its occurrence. Instead, man's fear of collapse should offer an opportunity for international cooperation and a cosmopolitan turn in the social sciences.

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