The risk society and beyond [[electronic resource] ] : critical issues for social theory / / edited by Barbara Adam, Ulrich Beck, and Joost van Loon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : SAGE, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina |
302/.12
303.4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AdamBarbara <1945->
BeckUlrich <1944-2015.> LoonJoost van |
Soggetto topico |
Risk perception
Risk-taking (Psychology) Social sciences - Philosophy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4462-1953-4
1-4462-2267-5 1-282-02053-6 9786612020537 1-84920-206-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454305503321 |
London, : SAGE, 2000 | ||
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The risk society and beyond [[electronic resource] ] : critical issues for social theory / / edited by Barbara Adam, Ulrich Beck, and Joost van Loon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : SAGE, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 232 p.) : ill |
Disciplina | 302.12 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AdamBarbara <1945->
BeckUlrich <1944-2015.> LoonJoost van |
Soggetto topico |
Risk perception
Risk-taking (Psychology) Social sciences - Philosophy |
ISBN |
1-4462-1953-4
1-4462-2267-5 1-282-02053-6 9786612020537 1-84920-206-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782601503321 |
London, : SAGE, 2000 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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