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UNINA9910454305503321 |
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Titolo |
The risk society and beyond [[electronic resource] ] : critical issues for social theory / / edited by Barbara Adam, Ulrich Beck, and Joost van Loon |
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ISBN |
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1-4462-1953-4 |
1-4462-2267-5 |
1-282-02053-6 |
9786612020537 |
1-84920-206-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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AdamBarbara <1945-> |
BeckUlrich <1944-2015.> |
LoonJoost van |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Risk perception |
Risk-taking (Psychology) |
Social sciences - Philosophy |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Repositioning Risk; the Challenge for Social Theory; PART I - RECASTING RISK CULTURE; 1 - Risk Society or Angst Society?Two Views of Risk, Consciousness and Community; 2 - Risk Culture; 3 - Risk, Trust and Scepticism in the Age of the New Genetics; PART II - CHALLENGING BIG SCIENCE; 4 - Nuclear Risks: Three Problematics; 5 - Genotechnology: Three Challenges to Risk Legitimation; 6 - Health and Responsibility: From SocialChange to Technological Change and Vice Versa; PART III - MEDIATING TECHNOLOGIES OF RISK |
7 - Child Organ Stealing Stories: Risk, Rumour and Reproductive |
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Technologies8 - Liturgies of Fear: Biotechnology and Culture; 9 - Virtual Risks in an Age of Cybernetic Reproduction; PART IV - P(L)AYING FOR FUTURES; 10 - Worlds in Action: Information, Instantaneity and Global Futures Trading; 11 - Discourses of Risk and Utopia; 12 - Risk Society Revisited: Theory, Politics and Research Programmes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'The risk society and beyond' traces the evolution of Ulrich Beck's ideas as expressed in 'Risk Society' (1992) and expands into previously unforeseen risk areas, such as genetics and cyberspace. |
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