Suchergebnisse

1. Introduction and a short biography -- 2. Risk society -- 3. The theory of second modernity -- 4. Individualization -- 5. Globalization and cosmopolitanism -- 6. Sociology, science and politics in second modernity -- 7. The third industrial revolution -- 8. Critique of Ulrich Beck's sociology.

Since the 1980s, Ulrich Beck has worked extensively on his theories of second modernity and the risk society. In Ulrich Beck, Mads P. Sørensen and Allan Christiansen provide an extensive and thorough introduction to the German sociologist's collected works. The book covers his sociology of work, his theories of individualization, globalization and subpolitics, his world famous theory of the risk society and second modernity as well as his latest work on cosmopolitanism. Focusing on the theory outlined in Beck's chief work, Risk Society, and on his theory of second m.

Siden midten af 1980'erne har den tyske sociolog Ulrich Beck arbejdet på en stor, samlet teori om den tid, vi lever i. Han kalder sin teori for teorien om det andet moderne. En del af denne teori er teorien om risikosamfundet - den teori, som har gjort Ulrich Beck verdensberømt. Bogen giver en almen tilgængelig introduktion til Becks sociologi. Bogen forklarer, hvad der sker med mennesker, fællesskaber, politik, arbejdsmarked og stater i den aktuelle omstillingsproces fra industri- til risikosamfund. De enkelte kapitler i bogen er udstyret med oversigtsgivende skemaer, lister med forklaringer