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The metamorphosis of the world

Ulrich Beck (Author)
eBook, English, 2016
Polity, Cambridge, England, 2016
1 online resource (169 pages)
9780745690216, 9780745690254, 0745690211, 0745690254
1014366089
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