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Society: "Society" refers to a group of individuals living together in a community, sharing common norms, values, and institutions, and often governed by established rules or laws. It encompasses social interactions, relationships, and collective organization within a given geographical or cultural context. See also Community, Culture, State, Norms, Values, Institutions._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Ulrich Beck on Society - Dictionary of Arguments
I 15 Society/Beck: In its implementation, the industrial society says goodbye to the stage of world history. This is done via the back stairs of the side effect(s). I 17 Def risk society/Beck: While in the industrial society the "logic" of wealth production dominates the "logic" of risk production, this relationship is changing in the risk society. >Risks. I 19 The industrial society is, according to its layout, a semi-modern society whose built-in countermodernity is nothing old, traditional, but industrial-social construction and product. The structural image of the industrial society is based on a contradiction between the universal content of modernity and the functional structure of its institutions, in which this... I 20 ...can only be implemented in a particularly selective manner. I 59 We must distinguish between cultural and political awareness and the actual spread of risks. >Knowledge. I 60 The evidence of need suppresses the perception of risks. I 67 Risk society/Beck: Thesis: this is also a form of impoverishment._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Beck I U. Beck Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity. New Delhi 1992 German Edition: Risikogesellschaft Frankfurt/M. 2015 |