Beck argues that we are all today living in what he calls a ‘world risk society’. In what sense is our society more of a ‘risk’ society, one defined by ‘risk’, than earlier societies?
Beck argues that we are all today living in what he calls a ‘world risk society’. In what sense is our society more of a ‘risk’ society, one defined by ‘risk’, than earlier societies? Give examples of the ecological, technological, economic and political risks that might substantiate Beck’s claim that the ‘risk society’ is an inherently global one and that its risks are produced by the very modern technological, economic and political processes that are supposed to allow for societal welfare and advance. Beck contends that the cosmopolitan character of the risk society has an ‘Enlightenment function’. What does he mean? He argues ultimately that we have the potential to move away from the doomed attempt at unilateral ‘risk management’, aimed at redistributing risk, towards more collective cosmopolitan decision making. Do you buy this argument, or is it an even more unlikely version of the Kantian dream?
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