The Critical Theory of World Risk Society: A Retrospective Analysis.

Risk Analysis : an Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis
Gabe Mythen

Abstract

In terms of the evolution of sociological theory, it is difficult to overstate the impact of Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity. Aside from achieving voluminous sales and mass citations, the book is one of few academic monographs that can lay claim to transforming the ways in which people understand the world and their own experiences within it. The major hypothesis of author Ulrich Beck is that a fundamental shift has occurred in capitalist economies from a focus on the material production of goods to avoidance of "bads." Crucially, while social science thinkers had previously sought to understand the foundational dynamics of society with recourse to established categories-such as class, gender, economy, and power-Beck postulated that the key contours of the modern age were best understood through the prism of risk. Despite revolving around the concept of risk, Beck's work has not influenced the field of risk research as heavily as one might expect. In line with the ambitions of this special issue, this article contextualizes and situates the contribution made by Beck and connects his thesis to the broader evolution of risk theory over the last four decades. In documenting both catalytic effects and elisions, an appeal is m...Continue Reading

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Aug 21, 2003·Risk Analysis : an Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis·Daniel SarewitzMojdeh Keykhah
Jul 19, 2005·Risk Analysis : an Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis·Catherine E Althaus

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Dec 1, 2020·Science & Education·Maurício PietrocolaSamuel Schnorr

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