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Ulrich Beck: Pioneer in Cosmopolitan Sociology and Risk Society (SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice)
Ulrich Beck Pioneer in Cosmopolitan Sociology and Risk Society - SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice Author:Ulrich Beck 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... more » 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 experiments went wrong, the consequences would have a global impact and would be irreversible. Beck recommends ignoring the mathematical morality of expert opinions, which seek to identify the level of a given risk by calculating the probability of its occurrence. Instead, man?s fear of collapse should offer an opportunity for international cooperation and a cosmopolitan turn in the social sciences.« less