Risk and Technological Culture : Towards a Sociology of Virulence
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
International Library of Sociology
ISBN-10
0415229006
ISBN-13
9780415229005
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 27th, 2002
Print length
244 Pages
Weight
498 grams
Product Classification:
Risk assessmentImpact of science & technology on society
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In this new work van Loon demonstrates how new technologies are transforming the character of risk and examines the relationship between technological culture and society through chapters on ecology, crime and communication.
The question as to whether we are now entering a risk society has become a key debate in contemporary social theory. Risk and Technological Culture presents a critical discussion of the main theories of risk from Ulrich Becks foundational work to that of his contemporaries such as Anthony Giddens and Scott Lash and assesses the extent to which risk has impacted on modern societies. In this discussion van Loon demonstrates how new technologies are transforming the character of risk and examines the relationship between technological culture and society through substantive chapters on topics such as waste, emerging viruses, communication technologies and urban disorders. In so doing this innovative new book extends the debate to encompass theorists such as Bruno Latour, Donna Haraway, Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari and Jean-François Lyotard.
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