Ulrich Beck

Taylor & Francis

Ulrich BeckAn Introduction to the Theory of Second Modernity and the Risk Society\nAuthor(s): Mads Srensen, Allan Christiansen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138020153, 978-1138020153\nSynopsis\nSince the 1980s, Ulrich Beck has worked extensively on his theories of second modernity and the risk society. In Ulrich Beck, Mads P. Srensen and Allan Christiansen provide an extensive and thorough introduction to the German sociologists collected works. The book covers his sociology of work, his theories of individualization, globalization and subpolitics, his world famous theory of the risk society and second modernity as well as his latest work on cosmopolitanism. \n\nFocusing on the theory outlined in Becks chief work, Risk Society, and on his theory of second modernity, Srensen and Christiansen explain the sociologists ideas and writing in a clear and accessible way. Largely concerned with the last 25 years of Be.