Risk society : towards a new modernity / Ulrich Beck ; translated by Mark Ritter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beck, Ulrich, 1944-2015.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)

Theory, culture & society

Standardized Title:

Risikogesellschaft. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Social conflict--Germany (West).

Social conflict.

Social structure--Germany (West).

Social structure.

Technology--Social aspects--Germany (West).

Technology.

Technology--Social aspects.

Industries.

Germany (West).

Germany (West)--Industries--Environmental aspects.

Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects--Germany (West).

Wealth.

Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

260 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Newbury Park, CA : Sage Publications, 1992.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-249) and index.

Translation of: Risikogesellschaft : auf dem Weg in eine andere Moderne.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

080398345X

0803983468