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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785546003321

Autore

SØrensen Mads Peter

Titolo

Ulrich Beck : an introduction to the theory of second modernity and the risk society / / Mads P. SØrensen and Allan Christiansen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-26358-6

1-283-58619-3

9786613898647

0-203-10792-6

1-136-26359-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in sociology ; ; 74

Altri autori (Persone)

ChristiansenAllan

Disciplina

303.4

Soggetti

Social change

Civilization, Modern

Risk perception

Risk-taking (Psychology)

Social sciences - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Introduction and a short biography -- Risk society : the return of uncertainty -- The theory of second modernity : Ulrich Beck's diagnosis of contemporary modernity -- Individualization : doomed to live a life of one's own -- Globalization and cosmopolitanism : living in an interconnected world -- Sociology, science, and politics in second modernity -- The third industrial revolution: the end of full employment society -- Critique of Ulrich Beck's sociology -- Bibliography of Ulrich Beck.

Sommario/riassunto

Since the 1980s, Ulrich Beck has worked extensively on his theories of second modernity and the risk society. In Ulrich Beck, Mads P. Sørensen and Allan Christiansen provide an extensive and thorough introduction to the German sociologist's collected works. The book covers his sociology of work, his theories of individualization, globalization and subpolitics, his world famous theory of the risk society and second



modernity as well as his latest work on cosmopolitanism. Focusing on the theory outlined in Beck's chief work, Risk Society, and on his theory of second m