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Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity
Contributor(s): Beck, Ulrich (Author)

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 ISBN: 0803983468     ISBN-13: 9780803983465
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
OUR PRICE: $60.80  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 1992
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Annotation: 7. Science Beyond Truth and Enlightenment? / 8. Opening up the Political / Index

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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Sociology - General
- Political Science
Dewey: 306
LCCN: 92050272
Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" L (0.85 lbs) 272 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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Publisher Description:
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.

Contributor Bio(s): Beck, Ulrich: - Ulrich Beck is Professor of Sociology at the University of Munich. He is the author of Counterpoison (1991) and Ecological Enlightenment (1992).
 
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