Reflexive Modernization: Politics, Tradition and Aesthetics in the Modern Social Order

by Ulrich Beck, Anthony Giddens, Scott Lash, et al.

Book Overview

The theme of reflexivity has come to be central to social analysis. In this book three prominent social thinkers discuss the implications of "reflexive modernization" for social and cultural theory today.

Ulrich Beck's vision of the "risk society" has already become extraordinarily influential. Beck offers a new elaboration of his basic ideas, connecting reflexive modernization with new issues to do with the state and political organization.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804724725
• ISBN13: 9780804724722
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"