
Ecological Politics in an Age of Risk
Ulrich Beck(Author)
Polity Press
Published on 26. June 1995
Book
Hardback
220 pages
978-0-7456-0763-4 (ISBN)
Description
Ecological politics has moved to the centre of the political stage today. But what motivates ecological concerns? How should we understand "nature" when nothing around us seems "natural" anymore? How should we interpret, and react to, the risks we now face in respect of the "environment"? This book analyzes these issues. Drawing upon ideas established in his work "Risk Society", Beck develops the foundations of an analysis of modern politics. Ecological concerns as ordinarily understood, he shows, are only one part of a renewed engagement with the domain of sub-politics - generated by the social and technological changes affecting our lives in a much more revolutionary way than anything emanating from the formal political sphere. This work should be of interest to all students and professionals in the areas of political theory, sociology and ecological studies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 tables, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7456-0763-4 (9780745607634)
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Content
Part 1 Dead ends: barbarism modernized - the eugenic age; the naturalistic misunderstanding of the ecological movement - environmental critique as social critique; industrial fatalism - organized irresponsibility. Part 2 Antidotes: the self-refutation of bureaucracy; implementation as abolition of technocracy; the "poisoned cake"; conflicts over progress - the technocratic challenge to democracy.