Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.
Electronic communication makes possible what has previously been excluded: namely, active, simultaneous and reciprocal contact between individuals ac… - Ulrich Beck
Electronic communication makes possible what has previously been excluded: namely, active, simultaneous and reciprocal contact between individuals ac…
- Ulrich Beck
I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then the terrorist attac… - Ulrich Beck
I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then the terrorist attac…
Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an… - Ulrich Beck
Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an…
The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion. - Ulrich Beck
The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion.
All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: at… - Ulrich Beck
All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: at…
Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future, but something that is taking place in the present a… - Ulrich Beck
Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future, but something that is taking place in the present a…
Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power. - Ulrich Beck
Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power.
And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world - a deeply fe… - Ulrich Beck
And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world - a deeply fe…
The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done i… - Ulrich Beck
The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done i…
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