Ecological Politics in an Age of Risk
Published on 8. October 2015
224 pages
978-0-7456-9420-7 (ISBN)
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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.
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Ulrich Beck
Ecological Politics in an Age of Risk
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06/1995
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Polity Press
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Ulrich Beck is Professor of Sociology at the University of Munich.
Content
Translator's Note.
Preface.
Introduction: The Immortality of Industrial Society and theContents 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 ofIndustralism over Itself.
5. Implementation as Abolition of Technocracy: The Logic ofRelativistic Science.
6. The "Poisoned Cake": Capital and Labour in Risk Society.
7. Conflicts over Progress: The Technocratic Challenge toDemocracy.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
Preface.
Introduction: The Immortality of Industrial Society and theContents 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 ofIndustralism over Itself.
5. Implementation as Abolition of Technocracy: The Logic ofRelativistic Science.
6. The "Poisoned Cake": Capital and Labour in Risk Society.
7. Conflicts over Progress: The Technocratic Challenge toDemocracy.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
