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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 society to the core, signaling the end of an era in which comprehensive insurance could keep us safe. Due to its own successes, modern society now faces failure: while in the past experiments were conducted in a lab, now the whole world is a test bed. Whether nuclear plants, genetically modified organisms, nanotechnology – if any of these experiments went wrong, the consequences would have a global impact and would be irreversible. Beck recommends ignoring the mathematical morality of expert opinions, which seek to identify the level of a given risk by calculating the probability of its occurrence. Instead, man’s fear of collapse should offer an opportunity for international cooperation and a cosmopolitan turn in the social sciences.

Social sciences. --- System safety. --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Accidents --- Industrial safety --- Systems engineering --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Prevention --- Economics. --- Social Structure, Social Inequality. --- Political Economy/Economic Systems. --- Sociological Theory. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Social structure. --- Social inequality. --- Economic policy. --- Sociology. --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Industrial accidents --- Industries --- Job safety --- Occupational hazards, Prevention of --- Occupational health and safety --- Occupational safety and health --- Prevention of industrial accidents --- Prevention of occupational hazards --- Safety, Industrial --- Safety engineering --- Safety measures --- Safety of workers --- System safety --- Dependability --- Trustworthiness --- Conduct of life --- Factory management --- Industrial engineering --- Reliability (Engineering) --- Sampling (Statistics) --- Standardization --- Quality assurance --- Quality of products --- Social theory --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Sociology --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Organization, Social --- Social organization --- Anthropology --- Social institutions --- Beck, Ulrich, --- Equality.

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Religious studies --- Individualism --- Nonviolence --- Religion and sociology. --- Violence --- Religious aspects. --- Religion and sociology --- Violence (in religion, folklore, etc.) --- Religion and society --- Religious sociology --- Society and religion --- Sociology, Religious --- Sociology and religion --- Sociology of religion --- Sociology --- Religious aspects --- Moral and religious aspects

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International relations. --- World politics --- International economic relations.

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Labor --- Work --- Social aspects. --- globalisering --- Sociology of work --- arbeidssociologie --- 316.2 BECK, ULRICH --- #SBIB:316.334.2A310 --- Sociologische richtingen. Sociologische scholen. Sociologen--BECK, ULRICH --- Arbeidssociologie: arbeidsmarkttheorieën en modellen --- 316.2 BECK, ULRICH Sociologische richtingen. Sociologische scholen. Sociologen--BECK, ULRICH --- Arbeidsmarkt 331.52 --- Maatschappelijke ontwikkeling 304 --- Maatschappelijke werk 36 --- Sociaal beleid 304:32 --- 316.32 --- 316.42 --- 316.42 Social change. Sociale ontwikkeling. Sociale veranderingen. Modernisering. Evolutie .Sociale revolutie. Modernisme --- Social change. Sociale ontwikkeling. Sociale veranderingen. Modernisering. Evolutie .Sociale revolutie. Modernisme --- 316.32 Globale samenlevingsvormen --- Globale samenlevingsvormen --- Labor and laboring classes --- Manpower --- Working class --- Social aspects --- Labor - Social aspects --- Work - Social aspects

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We live in a world that is increasingly difficult to understand. It is not just changing: it is metamorphosing. Change implies that some things change but other things remain the same capitalism changes, but some aspects of capitalism remain as they always were. Metamorphosis implies a much more radical transformation in which the old certainties of modern society are falling away and something quite new is emerging. To 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. Take climate change: much of the debate about climate change has focused on whether or not it is really happening, and if it is, what we can do to stop or contain it. But this emphasis on solutions blinds us to the fact that climate change is an agent of metamorphosis. It has already altered our way of being in the world the way we live in the world, think about the world and seek to act upon the world through our actions and politics. Rising sea levels are creating new landscapes of inequality drawing new world maps whose key lines are not traditional boundaries between nation-states but elevations above sea level. It is creating an entirely different way of conceptualizing the world and our chances of survival within it. The theory of metamorphosis goes beyond theory of world risk society: it is not about the negative side effects of goods but the positive side effects of bads. They produce normative horizons of common goods and propel us beyond the national frame towards a cosmopolitan outlook

Social change --- Climatic changes --- Risk --- Environmental sociology. --- Social evolution. --- 316.42 --- 316.32 --- 316.2 BECK, ULRICH --- Cultural evolution --- Cultural transformation --- Culture, Evolution of --- Culture --- Evolution --- Environmental sciences --- Environmentalism --- Sociology --- Sociology of risk --- Sociology of uncertainty --- Uncertainty --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Environmental aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Sociological aspects. --- Social change. Sociale ontwikkeling. Sociale veranderingen. Modernisering. Evolutie .Sociale revolutie. Modernisme --- Globale samenlevingsvormen --- Sociologische richtingen. Sociologische scholen. Sociologen--BECK, ULRICH --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Environmental sociology --- Environmental aspects --- 316.2 BECK, ULRICH Sociologische richtingen. Sociologische scholen. Sociologen--BECK, ULRICH --- 316.32 Globale samenlevingsvormen --- 316.42 Social change. Sociale ontwikkeling. Sociale veranderingen. Modernisering. Evolutie .Sociale revolutie. Modernisme --- 203 --- Sociografie. Algemene beschrijving van de gemeenschappen (Sociologie). --- Développement social --- Climat --- Risque --- Sociologie de l'environnement --- Evolution sociale --- Aspect de l'environnement --- Changements --- Aspect social --- Aspect sociologique --- Développement social --- Sociografie. Algemene beschrijving van de gemeenschappen (Sociologie) --- Social change - Environmental aspects --- Climatic changes - Social aspects --- Risk - Sociological aspects