Metamorphosis of the World - How Climate Change Is Transforming Our Concept of the World

Informationen zum Autor Ulrich Beck 1944-2015) was Professor of Sociology at the University of Munich and the LSE and one of the greatest sociologists of the twentieth and early-twenty-first centuries. Klappentext Before his sudden death in January 2015, Ulrich Beck was one of the world s foremost sociologists. This new book is the last book he wrote before his death; it was completed in December 2014 In this book Beck introduces a new concept 'metamorphosis' to describe what is happening in our world today. Zusammenfassung * Before his sudden death in January 2015! Ulrich Beck was one of the world s foremost sociologists. This new book is the last book he wrote before his death; it was completed in December 2014 * In this book Beck introduces a new concept 'metamorphosis' to describe what is happening in our world today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Preface Introduction, Evidence, Theory Chapter I. Why metamorphosis of the world, why not transformation? Chapter II. Being God Chapter III. How climate change might save the world Chapter IV. Theorising metamorphosis Themes Chapter V. From class to risk-class: Inequality in times of metamorphosis Chapter VI. Where does the power go? Politics of invisibility Chapter VII. Emancipatory catastrophism: Common goods as side effects of bads Chapter VIII. Public bads: Politics of visibility Chapter IX. Digital risk: Failing of functioning institutions Chapter X. Meta-power game of politics: Metamorphosis of the nation and international relations Chapter XI. Cosmopolitan communities of risk: From United Nations to United Cities Outlook Chapter XII. Global Risk Generations: United in decline Bibliography

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: U Beck, Ulrich Beck, Ulrich (Ludwig-Maximilian University in Muni Beck, Ulrich (Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich) Beck, Beck Ulrich
• Edition: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 10.03.2017
• EAN: 9780745690223
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-9022-3
• Pages: 240
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Biologie > Ecologie; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, climate change; sociology; change, risk