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Ulrich Beck: An Introduction to the Theory of Second ...
Mads Peter SørensenEach chapter of Ulrich Beck comes with a list of suggested further reading, as well as explanations of core terms. The book also includes a biography of Beck, and full bibliographies of his work in both English and German.
The Normal Chaos of Love
Ulrich BeckThis is a brilliant study of the nature of love in modern society. Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim argue that the nature of love is changing fundamentally, creating opportunities for democracy or chaos in personal life.
Cosmopolitan Europe
Ulrich BeckThis book completes Ulrich Beck's trilogy on 'cosmopolitan realism', the volumes of which complement each other and can be read independently.
Fernliebe: Lebensformen im globalen Zeitalter
Ulrich BeckEin europäisches Ehepaar erfüllt sich den Kinderwunsch mit Hilfe einer indischen Leihmutter. Neue Formen von Intimität, Liebe und Familie stehen im Zentrum des neuen Buches von Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim und Ulrich Beck.
Cosmopolitan Vision
Ulrich BeckIn this new book, Ulrich Beck develops his now widely used concepts of second modernity, risk society and reflexive sociology into a radical new sociological analysis of the cosmopolitan implications of globalization.
Ulrich Beck: Pioneer in Cosmopolitan Sociology and Risk Society
PreviewThis book presents Ulrich Beck, one of the world’s leading sociologists and social thinkers, as a Pioneer in Cosmopolitan Sociology and Risk Society.
Key Controversies in European Integration
PreviewProfessor Ulrich Beck then wrote his best-selling German Europe, warning Southern European countries about the permanent prospect of German neo- colonialism albeit under the 'best' generation of Germans ever (Beck, 2013). Outside the ...
Lucius Cornelius Sulla in der antiken Erinnerung: Jener ...
Alexandra EckertBeck (2006): Hans Beck, „Cannae – traumatische Erinnerung“, in: Elke Stein- Hölkeskamp u. ... Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, „Feiern und Erinnern. ... Bernhardt (1985): Rainer Bernhardt, Polis und römische Herrschaft in der späten Republik, Berlin.
Pulaski County, Illinois, 1987
PreviewSubmitted by Virginia Miles BECK-DORSETT Malcolm Beck, son of Chester M. and Charlotte (Kinney) Beck was born Oct. 21, 1912 in Liver- more, Alameda Co.. Ca. ... Submitted by Malcolm Beck BREMA H. BECK Brema was born Sept.
English Women's Voices, 1540-1700
PreviewBeck, Esq. who had issue Sam. Beck, who had issue Nevil Beck, who had issue Sam. Beck, an Infant now living. H. 6 contrary to the Charter made by H. 4 entered by intrusion, for which the quarrel began between the Houses of York and ...
Distant Love
Ulrich BeckThis path-breaking book will appeal to a wide readership interested in the changing character of love in our times.
Risk society: towards a new modernity
Ulrich BeckThe author develops an overview of other key elements of current social development : the centrality of the political economy of knowledge ; the changing roles of class and gender in a new work environment; and the politics of the risk ...
Global America?: The Cultural Consequences of Globalization
Ulrich BeckThis volume explores the phenomenon of Americanization, and its worldwide impact, and the cultural consequences of globalization.
Reflexive Modernization: Politics, Tradition and Aesthetics ...
Ulrich BeckReflexive modernization, or the way one kind of modernization undercuts and changes another, has wide ranging implications for contemporary social and cultural theory, as this provocative book demonstrates.
The Metamorphosis of the World: How Climate Change is ...
Ulrich BeckTo grasp this metamorphosis of the world it is necessary to explore the new beginnings, to focus on what is emerging from the old and seek to grasp future structures and norms in the turmoil of the present.
Liberalism and Chinese Economic Development: Perspectives ...
PreviewHe has been a correspondent and a close acquaintance with late Professor Ulrich Beck, the author of Risiko-Gesellschaft (1986). He is an active member of the LIBEAC Network. Qunyi Liu is an Associate Professor of economics at Peking ...
Completing the Circle: An empirically proven method for ...
Michael Laitman, Ph.DIn his book, The Brave New World of Work, Professor Ulrich Beck, one of Europe's leading sociologists, explains that “The work society is coming to an end as more and more people are ousted by smart technologies. To our counterparts at the ...
Contemporary Europe
William OuthwaiteReferences. Adler-Nissen, Rebecca and Ulrik Pram Gad (eds) (2013) European Integration and Postcolonial Sovereignty Games: The EU Overseas Countries and Territories. Abingdon: Routledge. Beck, Ulrich and Edgar Grande (2004) Das ...
Children in the Online World: Risk, Regulation, Rights
Elisabeth StaksrudChapter 2 individualization the theoretical starting point for this book was formed during a discussion i had with Professor ulrich beck about his individualization theory at the london school of economics and Political science (lse) on 5 February ...
Feminisms in Development: Contradictions, Contestations and ...
Andrea CornwallProfessor Ulrich Beck, University of Munich 'A unique blend of two, hitherto separate, streams of work - science and technology studies and development studies ...The Southern perspective provides a timely warning that, far from being a ...
O caos totalmente normal do amor
Ulrich BeckHomens e mulheres são cada vez mais os legisladores de sua própria forma de vida, os juízes de suas transgressões, os sacerdotes, que afastam sua culpa com um beijo, os terapeutas que afrouxam e quebram os laços do passado.
Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great ...
Kathryn L. BrownLinda Lorraine Nash, Inescapable Ecologies: A History of Environment, Disease, and Knowledge (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006), 185. Ulrich Beck, “The Anthropological Shock: Chernobyl and the Contours of the Risk Society,” ...
Ai Weiwei Speaks: with Hans Ulrich Obrist
Hans Ulrich ObristIn this series of interviews, conducted over several years with the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, he discusses the many dimensions of his artistic life, ranging over subjects including ceramics, blogging, nature, philosophy and the myriad ...
The Time of Catastrophe: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the ...
Christopher Dole30 See also Joseph Masco, The Theater of Operations: National Security Affect from the Cold War to the War on Terror (Durham: Duke University Press, 2014). 31 See Ulrich Beck, Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity (London: Sage, 1992) ...
Human Values and Social Change: Essays in Honour of ...
Ishwar ModiGerd Hepp, Wertewandel und Burgergesellschaft, in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, B52-53/96, 20.12.96, p. 4ff. 11. op. cit., p. 4. 12. Ulrich Beck, Risikogesellschaft: Auf dem Weg in eine andere Moderne, Frankfurt 1986, p. 205ff. 13.
Lowdown: Dodging the Bullet - Effective Risk Communication ...
Dr Andrew RobertsWhile rational fears help us, the level of irrational worry or concern in western cultures continues to grow, which led LSE Professor Ulrich Beck to coin the phrase 'Risk Society' in 1986. The situation has not improved over the last quarter ...
Theory Trading Cards
David GauntlettSet of cards featuring 21 social and cultural theorists, including Theodor Adorno, Louis Althusser, Jean Baudrillard, Simone de Beauvoir, Ulrich Beck, Walter Benjamin, Pierre Bourdieu, Judith Butler, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, Marcel ...
A Guide to the New World: Why Mutual Guarantee Is the Key to ...
Michael LaitmanThat assessment is not just a gut feeling. In his book, The Brave New World of Work, Professor Ulrich Beck, one of Europe's leading sociologists, explains that “ The work society is coming to an end as more and more 58 a guide to the new world.
World at Risk
Ulrich BeckWorld at Risk is a timely and far-reaching analysis of the structural dynamics of the modern world, the global nature of risk and the future of global politics by one of the most original and exciting social thinkers writing today.
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