Beschreibung
Ecological Politics in and Age of Risk by Ulrich Beck is an original analysis of ecological politics as one part of a renewed engagement with the domain of sub-politics.
Autorenportrait
Ulrich Beck is Professor of Sociology at the University of Munich.
Inhalt
Translator's Note.
Preface.
Introduction: The Immortality of Industrial Society and the Contents of the Book.
Part I: Dead Ends.
1. Barbarism Modernised: The Eugenic Age.
2. The Naturalistic Misunderstanding of the Ecological Movement: Environmental Critique as Social Critique.
3. Industrial Fatalism: Organised Irresponsibility.
Part II: Antidotes.
4. The Self-Refutation of Bureaucracy: The Victory of Industralism over Itself.
5. Implementation as Abolition of Technocracy: The Logic of Relativistic Science.
6. The "Poisoned Cake": Capital and Labour in Risk Society.
7. Conflicts over Progress: The Technocratic Challenge to Democracy.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
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