The Resource World at risk, Ulrich Beck ; translated by Ciaran Cronin
World at risk, Ulrich Beck ; translated by Ciaran Cronin
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- Summary
- 'World at Risk' is a timely and far-reaching analysis of the structural dynamics of the modern world, the global nature of risk and the future of global politics by one of the most original and exciting social thinkers writing today
- Language
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- eng
- ger
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 269 p.
- Note
- Originally published under the title 'Weltrisikogesellschaft' -- Suhrkamp : 2007
- Contents
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- Introduction : staging global risk
- Relations of definition as relations of domination : who decides what is and is not a risk?
- The 'cosmopolitan moment' of world risk society or : enforced enlightenment
- Clash of risk cultures or : the overlapping of the state of normalcy and the state of exception
- Global public sphere and global subpolitics or : how real is catastrophic climate change?
- The provident state or : on the antiquatedness of linear pessimism concerning progress
- Knowledge or non-knowing? : two perspectives of 'reflexive modernization'
- The insurance principle : criticism and counter-criticism
- Felt war, felt peace : staging violence
- Global inequality, local vulnerability : the conflict dynamics of environmental hazards must be studied within the framework of methodological cosmopolitanism
- Critical theory of world risk society
- Dialectics of modernity : how the crises of modernity follow from the triumphs of modernity
- Isbn
- 9780745642017
- Label
- World at risk
- Title
- World at risk
- Statement of responsibility
- Ulrich Beck ; translated by Ciaran Cronin
- Language
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- eng
- ger
- eng
- Summary
- 'World at Risk' is a timely and far-reaching analysis of the structural dynamics of the modern world, the global nature of risk and the future of global politics by one of the most original and exciting social thinkers writing today
- Cataloging source
- UKM
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- Weltrisikogesellschaft
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1944-2015
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Beck, Ulrich
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Translated from German
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Risk
- Risk
- Environmental degradation
- Terrorism
- Human ecology
- World politics
- Label
- World at risk, Ulrich Beck ; translated by Ciaran Cronin
- Note
- Originally published under the title 'Weltrisikogesellschaft' -- Suhrkamp : 2007
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-260) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : staging global risk -- Relations of definition as relations of domination : who decides what is and is not a risk? -- The 'cosmopolitan moment' of world risk society or : enforced enlightenment -- Clash of risk cultures or : the overlapping of the state of normalcy and the state of exception -- Global public sphere and global subpolitics or : how real is catastrophic climate change? -- The provident state or : on the antiquatedness of linear pessimism concerning progress -- Knowledge or non-knowing? : two perspectives of 'reflexive modernization' -- The insurance principle : criticism and counter-criticism -- Felt war, felt peace : staging violence -- Global inequality, local vulnerability : the conflict dynamics of environmental hazards must be studied within the framework of methodological cosmopolitanism -- Critical theory of world risk society -- Dialectics of modernity : how the crises of modernity follow from the triumphs of modernity
- Control code
- ocn233544917
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 269 p.
- Isbn
- 9780745642017
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- World at risk, Ulrich Beck ; translated by Ciaran Cronin
- Note
- Originally published under the title 'Weltrisikogesellschaft' -- Suhrkamp : 2007
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-260) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : staging global risk -- Relations of definition as relations of domination : who decides what is and is not a risk? -- The 'cosmopolitan moment' of world risk society or : enforced enlightenment -- Clash of risk cultures or : the overlapping of the state of normalcy and the state of exception -- Global public sphere and global subpolitics or : how real is catastrophic climate change? -- The provident state or : on the antiquatedness of linear pessimism concerning progress -- Knowledge or non-knowing? : two perspectives of 'reflexive modernization' -- The insurance principle : criticism and counter-criticism -- Felt war, felt peace : staging violence -- Global inequality, local vulnerability : the conflict dynamics of environmental hazards must be studied within the framework of methodological cosmopolitanism -- Critical theory of world risk society -- Dialectics of modernity : how the crises of modernity follow from the triumphs of modernity
- Control code
- ocn233544917
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 269 p.
- Isbn
- 9780745642017
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
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