Ulrich Beck
German sociologist who theorized reflexive modernization and the risk society in late modernity.
Most quoted
"The individualization of life chances means that individuals are increasingly responsible for their own failures."
— from Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity, 1986
"The individualization of society does not mean freedom; it means new forms of dependence on invisible structures."
— from Book, 1986
"In the cosmopolitan moment, we recognize the other not as a threat, but as a necessary part of our own identity."
— from Book, 2006
All quotes by Ulrich Beck (99)
Risk society is not an option, it is a destiny.
The more successfully risks are managed, the more risks are produced.
Poverty is hierarchical, smog is democratic.
The global risk society is a society of fear.
Individualization means that individuals must produce their own biographies themselves.
The 'risk society' is not an alternative to industrial society, but its logical continuation.
We are living in a world of manufactured uncertainties.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
Cosmopolitanism is not a utopia, but a reality.
The nation-state is becoming a 'zombie institution'.
The global risk society is a society of side effects.
The individualization of life chances means that individuals are increasingly responsible for their own failures.
The more modern we become, the more risks we produce.
The global risk society is a society of organized irresponsibility.
The future is not what it used to be.
Cosmopolitanism is the answer to the challenges of the risk society.
The nation-state is too small for the big problems and too big for the small problems.
The global risk society is a society of manufactured uncertainties.
Individualization is not a choice, but a necessity.
The more we try to control risks, the more risks we create.
Contemporaries of Ulrich Beck
Other Sociologys born within 50 years of Ulrich Beck (1944–2015).