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9780745628233

Conversations With Ulrich Beck

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  • ISBN13:

    9780745628233

  • ISBN10:

    0745628230

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-01-16
  • Publisher: Polity

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Summary

In this new book, Ulrich Beck and the journalist Johannes Willms engage in a series of accessible conversations that reveal and explore the key elements in Beck's thought. Ulrich Beck, one of the most important and influential contemporary social thinkers, reveals and expands his work in a series of conversations with journalist Johannes Willms. These conversations shed new light onto the major themes in Beck's work and provide an insight into some of the commitments and beliefs that they rest upon. Includes new thinking on the risk society and on globalisation, themes that have put him at the forefront of contemporary debates. Witten in a clear and lucid way and thus ideal for anyone seeking to come to grips with Beck's work.

Author Biography

Ulrich Beck is Professor of Sociology at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich.


Johannes Willms is a journalist and writer.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Thinking Society Anew 1(10)
John Urry
Postmodernity or the Second Modernity?
11(51)
Individualization
62(47)
Global Risk Society
109(44)
Labor Society and the Regime of Risk
153(24)
Cosmopolitan Society and its Enemies
177(18)
The Prospects for a Second Enlightenment
195(26)
Selected Works by Authors Cited in the Text 221(2)
Books by the Authors in English 223(1)
About the Authors 224(1)
Index 225

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