Ulrich Beck
Subtitle: an introduction to the theory of second modernity and the risk society
By: Mads P. Sørensen and Allan Christiansen
Contributors: Christiansen, Allan
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Routledge advances in sociology -- 74
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780415693691; 9780203107928
Subjects: Risk-taking (Psychology); Modern Civilization; Risk perception; Philosophy; Social sciences; Social change; Political and social views
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction and a short biography; title: Risk society : the return of uncertainty; title: The theory of second modernity : Ulrich Beck's diagnosis of contemporary modernity; title: Individualization : doomed to live a life of one's own; title: Globalization and cosmopolitanism : living in an interconnected world; title: Sociology, science, and politics in second modernity; title: The third industrial revolution: the end of full employment society; title: Critique of Ulrich Beck's sociology; title: Bibliography of Ulrich Beck.