Twenty years ago Ulrich Beck published Risk Society, a book that
called our attention to the dangers of environmental catastrophes
and changed the way we think about contemporary societies. During
the last two decades, the dangers highlighted by Beck have taken on
new forms and assumed ever greater significance. Terrorism has
shifted to a global arena, financial crises have produced worldwide
consequences that are difficult to control and politicians have
been forced to accept that climate change is not idle speculation.
In short, we have come to see that today we live in a world at
risk.
A new feature of our world risk society is that risk is produced
for political gain. This political use of risk means that fear
creeps into modern life. A need for security encroaches on our
liberty and our view of equality.
However, Beck is anything but an alarmist and believes that the
anticipation of catastrophe can fundamentally change global
politics. We have the opportunity today to reconfigure power in
terms of what Beck calls a 'cosmopolitan material politics'.
World at Risk is a timely and far-reaching analysis of the
structural dynamics of the modern world, the global nature of risk
and the future of global politics by one of the most original and
exciting social thinkers writing today.
General
Imprint: |
Polity Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2008 |
First published: |
2009 |
Authors: |
U Beck
|
Dimensions: |
226 x 153 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
240 |
Edition: |
2nd Ed. |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7456-4201-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Social theory
|
LSN: |
0-7456-4201-2 |
Barcode: |
9780745642017 |
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