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Ulrich Beck
(b.1944) is professor of sociology at the university of Munich and at the London School of Economics. Among his books are Risikogesellschaft 1986 (in English: Risk Society 1992) and Freiheit oder Kapitalismus. Gesellschaft neu denken 2000 (together with Johannes Willms).
Eurozine Articles
The cosmopolitan state
Towards a Realistic Utopia
The global terrorist threat is part of the risk society and blurs the distinction between internal and external security. Ulrich Beck concludes that in order to be able to deal with their national problems today's states have to de-nationalise and trans-nationalise themselves. [more]
19.02.2002
