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Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society) by Ulrich Beck is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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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.
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ulrich Beck
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Ltd
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780803983458
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Technology, Science
- Rating
- 3.78 / 5 (315 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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