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Risk society : towards a new modernity / Ulrich Beck, translated by Mark Ritter.

By: Beck, Ulrich, 1944-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Theory, culture & society: Publisher: London ; Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1992Description: 260 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 080398345X; 0803983468 .Subject(s): Risk -- Sociological aspects | Technology -- Social aspects | Progress | Social structure | Industries -- Environmental aspectsDDC classification: 303.4
Contents:
Part I: Living on the volcano of civilization: the contours of the risk society -- On the logic of wealth distribution and risk distribution -- The politics of knowledge in the risk society -- Part II: The individualization of social inequality: life forms and the demise of tradition -- Beyond status and class? -- 'I am I' gendered space and conflict inside and outside the family -- Individualization, institutionalization and standardization: Life situations and biographical patterns -- Destandardization of labor -- Part III: Reflexive modernization: on the generalization of Science and Politics -- Science beyond truth and englightenment? -- Opening up the political.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Translated by Mark Ritter.

Bibliography: (pages 237-249) and index.

Part I: Living on the volcano of civilization: the contours of the risk society -- On the logic of wealth distribution and risk distribution -- The politics of knowledge in the risk society -- Part II: The individualization of social inequality: life forms and the demise of tradition -- Beyond status and class? -- 'I am I' gendered space and conflict inside and outside the family -- Individualization, institutionalization and standardization: Life situations and biographical patterns -- Destandardization of labor -- Part III: Reflexive modernization: on the generalization of Science and Politics -- Science beyond truth and englightenment? -- Opening up the political.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction
  • Part 1 Living On The Volcano of Civilization - The Contours of The Risk Society
  • On the Logic of Wealth Distribution and Risk Distribution
  • The Politics of Knowledge in the Risk Society
  • Part 2 The Individualization of Social Inequality - Life-Forms and The Demise of Tradition
  • Beyond Status and Class?
  • 'I am I'
  • Gendered Space and the Conflict Inside and Outside the Family
  • Individualization, Institutionalization and Standardization
  • Life Situations and Biographical Patterns
  • De-Standardization of Labour
  • Part 3 Reflexive Modernization: On The Generalization of Science and Politics
  • Science Beyond Truth and Enlightenment?
  • Opening up the Political

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