Ulrich Beck Pioneer in Cosmopolitan Sociology and Risk Society
This book presents Ulrich Beck, one of the world’s leading sociologists and social thinkers, as a Pioneer in Cosmopolitan Sociology and Risk Society. His world risk society theory has been confirmed by recent disasters – events that have shaken modern soc
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SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice Volume 18
Series editor Hans Günter Brauch
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Editor Ulrich Beck Institute of Sociology Ludwig Maximilian University Munich Germany
ISSN 2194-3125 ISSN 2194-3133 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-04989-2 ISBN 978-3-319-04990-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-04990-8 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014931862 Ó The Author(s) 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Acknowledgment: This photograph is from the personal photo collection of the author Copyediting: PD Dr. Hans Günter Brauch, AFES-PRESS e.V., Mosbach, Germany Style Editing: Albert Gröber, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Every now and then a new way of thinking about the social world appears.1 And once that happens it is difficult to imagine how sociology had managed without that new way of thinking. It simply seems so obvious. Further, it is often difficult to see why it had taken
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