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Conversations with Ulrich Beck

ISBN: 978-0-745-62823-3

October 2003

Polity

240 pages

Description
In this new book, Ulrich Beck and the journalist Johannes Willms engage in a series of accessible conversations that reveal and explore the key elements in Beck’s thought.

  • Ulrich Beck, one of the most important and influential contemporary social thinkers, reveals and expands his work in a series of conversations with journalist Johannes Willms.
  • These conversations shed new light onto the major themes in Beck’s work and provide an insight into some of the commitments and beliefs that they rest upon.
  • Includes new thinking on the risk society and on globalisation, themes that have put him at the forefront of contemporary debates.
  • Witten in a clear and lucid way and thus ideal for anyone seeking to come to grips with Beck’s work.
About the Author
Ulrich Beck is Professor of Sociology at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich.

Johannes Willms is a journalist and writer.

Features

  • Ulrich Beck, one of the most important and influential contemporary social thinkers, reveals and expands his work in a series of conversations with journalist Johannes Willms.
  • These conversations shed new light onto the major themes in Beck’s work and provide an insight into some of the commitments and beliefs that they rest upon.
  • Includes new thinking on the risk society and on globalisation, themes that have put him at the forefront of contemporary debates.
  • Witten in a clear and lucid way and thus ideal for anyone seeking to come to grips with Beck’s work.