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Over a period of several centuries, the academic study of risk has evolved as a distinct body of thought, which continues to influence conceptual developments in fields such as economics, management, politics and sociology. However, few scholarly works have given a chronological account of cultural...
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Zusammenfassung: | Over a period of several centuries, the academic study of risk has evolved as a distinct body of thought, which continues to influence conceptual developments in fields such as economics, management, politics and sociology. However, few scholarly works have given a chronological account of cultural and intellectual trends relating to the understanding and analysis of risks. Risk: A Study of its Origins, History and Politics aims to fill this gap by providing a detailed study of key turning points in the evolution of society's understanding of risk. Using a wide range of primary and secondary m. |
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505 | 8 | |a Risk SocietyConclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors. | |
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spelling | Beck, Matthias, 1964- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqQwVrqjBKptQf4k6PRKd http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96078227 Risk : a study of its origins, history and politics / Matthias Beck (Queen's University, UK) and Beth Kewell (The University of Stavanger, Norway). New Jersey : World Scientific, 2013. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. Preface; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Moral Reach and Ontological Insecurity; Homo Economics and Homo Ludens; About this Book; Chapter One Homo Ludens, Aleatorics and the Birth of Probability; From the Beginning; Cardano's Provenance: A Focus on Risk; Heroes of Aleatory Arithmetic; Play and Politics; Conclusion; Chapter Two Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Fictions of Risk; Mapping the Ground; Post-Enlightenment Disasters and the Origins of Pessimism; Historical Disasters and the Fear of the Present. Dangers of Urban Life and Societal Dimensions of DisasterXenophobic Visions and the 'Political' Disaster Novel; War in the West; Wars with Asians; Conclusion; Chapter Three 'Pseudo-Sciences' of Risk; Setting the Scene; Dangerous Crowds and Technologies; Racial Hierarchies and Racial Threats; Endangered 'Rulers'; From Local Threat to Global Race War; Conclusion; Chapter Four Decision Analysis and the Social Control of Technology; Transitions to 'Modernity'; The Rise and Fall of Technological Decision Analysis; The Beginnings of Modern Safety Science; Safety Expertise as Ideology. Signs of DecayThe Environmentalist Critique; Heuristic Limitations and Environmentalist Dissent; Conclusion; Chapter Five International Crises and Precarious Global Systems; Predecessors: Retrospective Decision Analysis; Crises and Diplomatic History; Arms Races and Defence Expenditure; Alliances and Wars; Economic Crises; Pax Americana and Prospective Decision Analysis; Systems Theory and Global Risk Management; Systems Thinking; Global Modelling; Conclusion; Chapter Six Macrosociological Dualities of Risk: Structural Inequality and Risk Society; Structural Inequality; Dependency Theory. Risk SocietyConclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors. Over a period of several centuries, the academic study of risk has evolved as a distinct body of thought, which continues to influence conceptual developments in fields such as economics, management, politics and sociology. However, few scholarly works have given a chronological account of cultural and intellectual trends relating to the understanding and analysis of risks. Risk: A Study of its Origins, History and Politics aims to fill this gap by providing a detailed study of key turning points in the evolution of society's understanding of risk. Using a wide range of primary and secondary m. Risk History. Risk Social aspects. Risk Political aspects. Risk perception. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85114202 Uncertainty Social aspects. Uncertainty Political aspects. Risque Histoire. Risque Aspect social. Risque Aspect politique. Perception du risque. Incertitude Aspect social. Incertitude Aspect politique. PSYCHOLOGY Social Psychology. bisacsh Risk fast Risk perception fast Risk Social aspects fast Uncertainty Social aspects fast History fast Kewell, Beth. has work: Risk (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFv8Fxd6TFpqf8Dt3Vt4mb https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Beck, Matthias, 1964- Risk 9789814383202 (DLC) 2013028625 (OCoLC)759916443 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBU FWS_PDA_EBU https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=703960 Volltext |
spellingShingle | Beck, Matthias, 1964- Risk : a study of its origins, history and politics / Preface; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Moral Reach and Ontological Insecurity; Homo Economics and Homo Ludens; About this Book; Chapter One Homo Ludens, Aleatorics and the Birth of Probability; From the Beginning; Cardano's Provenance: A Focus on Risk; Heroes of Aleatory Arithmetic; Play and Politics; Conclusion; Chapter Two Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Fictions of Risk; Mapping the Ground; Post-Enlightenment Disasters and the Origins of Pessimism; Historical Disasters and the Fear of the Present. Dangers of Urban Life and Societal Dimensions of DisasterXenophobic Visions and the 'Political' Disaster Novel; War in the West; Wars with Asians; Conclusion; Chapter Three 'Pseudo-Sciences' of Risk; Setting the Scene; Dangerous Crowds and Technologies; Racial Hierarchies and Racial Threats; Endangered 'Rulers'; From Local Threat to Global Race War; Conclusion; Chapter Four Decision Analysis and the Social Control of Technology; Transitions to 'Modernity'; The Rise and Fall of Technological Decision Analysis; The Beginnings of Modern Safety Science; Safety Expertise as Ideology. Signs of DecayThe Environmentalist Critique; Heuristic Limitations and Environmentalist Dissent; Conclusion; Chapter Five International Crises and Precarious Global Systems; Predecessors: Retrospective Decision Analysis; Crises and Diplomatic History; Arms Races and Defence Expenditure; Alliances and Wars; Economic Crises; Pax Americana and Prospective Decision Analysis; Systems Theory and Global Risk Management; Systems Thinking; Global Modelling; Conclusion; Chapter Six Macrosociological Dualities of Risk: Structural Inequality and Risk Society; Structural Inequality; Dependency Theory. Risk SocietyConclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors. Risk History. Risk Social aspects. Risk Political aspects. Risk perception. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85114202 Uncertainty Social aspects. Uncertainty Political aspects. Risque Histoire. Risque Aspect social. Risque Aspect politique. Perception du risque. Incertitude Aspect social. Incertitude Aspect politique. PSYCHOLOGY Social Psychology. bisacsh Risk fast Risk perception fast Risk Social aspects fast Uncertainty Social aspects fast |
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title | Risk : a study of its origins, history and politics / |
title_auth | Risk : a study of its origins, history and politics / |
title_exact_search | Risk : a study of its origins, history and politics / |
title_full | Risk : a study of its origins, history and politics / Matthias Beck (Queen's University, UK) and Beth Kewell (The University of Stavanger, Norway). |
title_fullStr | Risk : a study of its origins, history and politics / Matthias Beck (Queen's University, UK) and Beth Kewell (The University of Stavanger, Norway). |
title_full_unstemmed | Risk : a study of its origins, history and politics / Matthias Beck (Queen's University, UK) and Beth Kewell (The University of Stavanger, Norway). |
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title_sort | risk a study of its origins history and politics |
title_sub | a study of its origins, history and politics / |
topic | Risk History. Risk Social aspects. Risk Political aspects. Risk perception. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85114202 Uncertainty Social aspects. Uncertainty Political aspects. Risque Histoire. Risque Aspect social. Risque Aspect politique. Perception du risque. Incertitude Aspect social. Incertitude Aspect politique. PSYCHOLOGY Social Psychology. bisacsh Risk fast Risk perception fast Risk Social aspects fast Uncertainty Social aspects fast |
topic_facet | Risk History. Risk Social aspects. Risk Political aspects. Risk perception. Uncertainty Social aspects. Uncertainty Political aspects. Risque Histoire. Risque Aspect social. Risque Aspect politique. Perception du risque. Incertitude Aspect social. Incertitude Aspect politique. PSYCHOLOGY Social Psychology. Risk Risk perception Risk Social aspects Uncertainty Social aspects History |
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