Main entry:

Beck, Ulrich, 1944-2015.

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Description:

260 pages ; 24cm.

Series:

Theory, culture & society

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-249) and index.
Introduction / Scott Lash and Brian Wynne -- Part I: Living on the volcano of civilization: the contours of the risk society -- Chapter 1: On the logic of wealth distribution and risk distribution -- Chapter 2: The politics of knowledge in the risk society -- Part II: The individualization of social inequality: life forms and the demise of tradition -- Chapter 3: Beyond status and class? -- Chapter 4: 'I am I': gendered space and conflict inside and outside the family -- Chapter 5: Individualization, institutionalization and standardization: life situations and biographical patterns -- Chapter 6: Destandardization of labor -- Part III: Reflexive modernization: on the generalization of science and politics -- Chapter 7: Science beyond truth and enlightenment? -- Chapter 8: Opening up the political.
Translation of: Risikogesellschaft.

Summary:

"Ulrich Beck's panoramic analysis of the condition of Western societies has already been hailed as a classic. This first English edition will take 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. Western industrial society is widely seen to be going through a decisive transitional period into a form defined variously as 'post-Enlightenment', 'post-Fordist' or 'postmodern'. Arguing that we are instead facing a different modernity typified by reflexivity, Ulrich Beck goes beyond these descriptions to provide a coherent picture of the direction of global social change. 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. Within this framework, Ulrich Beck develops an overview of other key elements of current social development: the centrality of the political economy of knowledge; the changing roles of class and gender in a new work environment; and the politics (both personal and public) of the risk society. This major analysis of the present and future of modernity will be essential reading for students and scholars in sociology and general social theory." -- Publisher's Description.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

080398345X
9780803983458
0803983468 (pbk.)
9780803983465 (pbk.)

Subject:

Risk Sociological aspects.
Technology Social aspects.
Progress.
Social structure.
Industries Environmental aspects.
Individualism.
Postmodernism Social aspects.
Industries Social aspects.
Social change.
Technology sociology.
Social Change
Progress Congresses.
Société postindustrielle.
Risque Aspect sociologique.
Individu et société.
Individualisme.
Postmodernisme Aspect social.
Société industrielle.
Changement social.
Progrès.
Structure sociale.
social structure.
individualism.
Risques technologiques.
Risques industriels.
Economie postindustrielle.
Aspects sociaux.
Innovations technologiques.
Society.
Postindustriële maatschappij.
Vernieuwing.
Technique Aspect social.
Société industrielle 20e siècle.
Industrie Aspect de l'environnement.
Risque Sociologie.

Added entries:

Ritter, Mark.
Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 280805
Call No.: HN450 .B3913 1992
Status: Available