Ulrich Beck : Pioneer in Cosmopolitan Sociology and Risk Society
Ulrich. Beck
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cham : : Springer, , 2014.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (201 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Part I Ulrich Beck ""; ""1 Ulrich Beck�s Scientific Leadership Profile""; ""2 Ulrich Beck: An Introduction to the Theory of Second Modernity and the Risk Society""; ""2.1�Introduction and a Short Biography""; ""2.2�From Slupsk to Sociological World Fame: A Short Biography""; ""3 Bibliography""; ""3.1�Books (in Chronological Order)""; ""3.2�Book Chapters (in Reverse Chronological Order)""; ""3.3�Journal Articles (in Reverse Chronological Order)""; ""Part II Ulrich Beck�s Work in the Perspective of Colleagues "". - ""10.2.1 What Does Individualization Mean Empirically?""""10.2.2 Beyond the Normal Family and Normal Class""; ""10.3�The Transnationalization of Social Inequalities""; ""10.3.1 Critique of Methodological Nationalism""; ""10.3.2 Politics of Framing""; ""10.4�The Inequality of Global Risks""; ""10.5�Pan-European Inequalities""; ""10.6�Border Artistes: Agency, Legitimacy and Immigrant Dynamics""; ""10.7�Prospect: The �Modernity Dispute� in International Sociology""; ""References""; ""11 The Two Faces of Religion""; ""References"". - ""12 The Global Chaos of Love: Towards a Cosmopolitan Turn in the Sociology of Love and Families""""12.1�Cosmopolitan Families: Characteristics and Constellations""; ""12.2�Cosmopolitan Theory""; ""12.3�The Rise of a Transnational Shadow Economy""; ""12.3.1 The Stalled Revolution""; ""12.3.2 From Mother�s Task to Migrants� Job""; ""12.3.3 By Silent Agreement""; ""12.4�Transnational Motherhood and Global Care Chains""; ""12.4.1 A Global Hierarchy of Care""; ""12.5�Loss and Gain: Cosmopolitan Comparisons""; ""12.5.1 Seeing with the Eyes of the Respective �Other�"". - ""12.6�Conclusions"". - ""4 The Risk Society Thesis in Environmental Politics and Management: A Global Perspective""""Epilogue""; ""References""; ""5 Reflexive Modernization""; ""References""; ""6 The Reality of Cosmopolitanism""; ""7 Jerusalem Versus Athens Revisited""; ""References""; ""Part III Selected Key Texts by Ulrich Beck ""; ""8 Incalculable Futures: World Risk Society and Its Social and Political Implications""; ""8.1�Old Dangers, New Risks: Conceptual Differentiation, Historical Localization""; ""8.1.1 Conceptual Distinctions""; ""8.1.2 Historical Contextualization"". - ""8.2�What is Meant by the �Cosmopolitan Moment�?""""Bibliography and References""; ""9 Individualization is Eroding Traditions Worldwide: A Comparison Between Europe and China""; ""9.1�On the Distinction Between Individualism and Individualization""; ""9.2�Individualization and Social Morality""; ""9.3�Chinese Individualization""; ""References""; ""10 Beyond Class and Nation: Reframing Social Inequalities in a Globalizing World""; ""10.1�Introduction""; ""10.2���What Exactly Constitutes Individualization and to What Extent has it Really Displaced Class?��"". - This book presents Ulrich Beck, one of the world's leading sociologists and social thinkers, as a Pioneer in Cosmopolitan Sociology and Risk Society. His world risk society theory has been confirmed by recent disasters ? events that have shaken modern society to the core, signaling the end of an era in which comprehensive insurance could keep us safe. Due to its own successes, modern society now faces failure: while in the past experiments were conducted in a lab, now the whole world is a test bed. Whether nuclear plants, genetically modified organisms, nanotechnology ? if any of these experim
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| Emner | Beck, Ulrich , 1944- : (NO-TrBIB)90274688
Beck, Ulrich, 1944- -- Political and social views. Civilization, Modern. Risk perception. Vis mer... Risk-taking (Psychology).
Social sciences -- Philosophy. Social change Social sciences Sociology & Social History sosiale grupper sosiologi |
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| ISBN | 9783319049892
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