Living in the world risk society: A Hobhouse Memorial Public Lecture given on Wednesday 15 February 2006 at the London School of Economics

In a world risk society, we must distinguish between ecological and financial dangers, which can be conceptualized as side effects, and the threat from terrorist networks as intentional catastrophes; the principle of deliberately exploiting the vulnerability of modern civil society replaces the prin...

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Published in:Economy and society 2006-08, Vol.35 (3), p.329-345
Main Author: Beck, Ulrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
catastrophe
Catastrophes
cosmopolitan real politik
enlightenment function of world risk society
Finance
London, England
not-knowing
Risk
Risk Society
Society
Studies
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Summary:In a world risk society, we must distinguish between ecological and financial dangers, which can be conceptualized as side effects, and the threat from terrorist networks as intentional catastrophes; the principle of deliberately exploiting the vulnerability of modern civil society replaces the principle of chance and accident.
ISSN:0308-5147
1469-5766
DOI:10.1080/03085140600844902