Knihou Vynalézání politiky uzavřel německý sociolog Ulrich Beck (1944) trojici spisů, které náležejí k základům teorie reflexivní modernizace. Po Rizikové společnosti (1986, česky 2004) a Politik in der Risikogesellschaft (1991) to byla právě tato práce, vydaná roku 1993, která konkretizovala hlavní prvky koncepce druhé moderny a aplikovala je na sféru politiky. Beckovi se nejedná o kritiku politiky a jejího fungování v systému parlamentní demokracie, ale o rozvinutí projektu politizace ne-politické (tzn. politicky nefunkční) politiky jednoduché moderny...
Knihou Vynalézání politiky uzavřel německý sociolog Ulrich Beck (1944) trojici spisů, které náležejí k základům teorie reflexivní modern...
The world is a state of turmoil. From the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone, from the Arab uprisings to protests in Athens, Barcelona, New York and elsewhere, many of the familiar frameworks are collapsing and we have to find new ways to orient ourselves in a world undergoing rapid change. Of course, it is necessary for political leaders to address local issues and react to people's specific demands, but without a cosmopolitan outlook, such a reaction is likely to be inadequate. Ulrich Beck's Twenty-one Observations on a World in...
Translated by Ciaran Cronin.
The world is a state of turmoil. From the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone, from the Arab uprisi...
Religion posits one characteristic as an absolute: faith. Compared to faith, all other social distinctions and sources of conflict are insignificant. The New Testament says: 'We are all equal in the sight of God'. To be sure, this equality applies only to those who acknowledge God's existence. What this means is that alongside the abolition of class and nation within the community of believers, religion introduces a new fundamental distinction into the world the distinction between the right kind of believers and the wrong kind. Thus overtly or tacitly, religion brings with it the...
Religion posits one characteristic as an absolute: faith. Compared to faith, all other social distinctions and sources of conflict are insignificant. ...
The world is a state of turmoil. From the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone, from the Arab uprisings to protests in Athens, Barcelona, New York and elsewhere, many of the familiar frameworks are collapsing and we have to find new ways to orient ourselves in a world undergoing rapid change. Of course, it is necessary for political leaders to address local issues and react to people's specific demands, but without a cosmopolitan outlook, such a reaction is likely to be inadequate. Ulrich Beck's Twenty-one Observations on a World in...
Translated by Ciaran Cronin.
The world is a state of turmoil. From the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone, from the Arab uprisi...
The euro crisis is tearing Europe apart. But the heart of the matter is that, as the crisis unfolds, the basic rules of European democracy are being subverted or turned into their opposite, bypassing parliaments, governments and EU institutions. Multilateralism is turning into unilateralism, equality into hegemony, sovereignty into the dependency and recognition into disrespect for the dignity of other nations. Even France, which long dominated European integration, must submit to Berlin's strictures now that it must fear for its international credit rating.
How did this happen?...
The euro crisis is tearing Europe apart. But the heart of the matter is that, as the crisis unfolds, the basic rules of European democracy are being s...
Individualization argues that we are in the midst of a fundamental change in the nature of society and politics. This change hinges around two processes: globalization and individualization. The book demonstrates that individualization is a structural characteristic of highly differentiated societies, and does not imperil social cohesion, but actually makes it possible. Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim argue that it is vital to distinguish between the neo-liberal idea of the free-market individual and the concept of individualization. The result is the most complete discussion of...
Individualization argues that we are in the midst of a fundamental change in the nature of society and politics. This change hinges around two process...
Underpinning this examination of Western societies is the notion of the 'risk society'. The changing nature of society's relation to production and distribution is related to the environmental impact as a totalizing, globalizing economy based on scientific and technical knowledge becomes more central to social organization and social conflict.
Underpinning this examination of Western societies is the notion of the 'risk society'. The changing nature of society's relation to production and di...
