Twenty Observations on a World in Turmoil

Ulrich Beck 지음

Polity 2013년 04월 26일 출간

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Translated by Ciaran Cronin.The world is a state of turmoil. From the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone, from the Arab uprisings to protests in Athens, Barcelona, New York and elsewhere, many of the familiar frameworks are collapsing and we have to find new ways to orient ourselves in a world undergoing rapid change. Of course, it is necessary for political leaders to address local issues and react to people's specific demands, but without a cosmopolitan outlook, such a reaction is likely to be inadequate. Ulrich Beck's Twenty-one Observations on a World in Turmoil is a demonstration of cosmopolitan politics in practice. It is more than a mirror: it is a magnifying glass that brings into focus the processes that are transforming our world and highlights the great challenges we face today.lsquo;Global domestic politics', the concept introduced and developed by Beck, is much more than a political theory, a philosophical utopia (or dystopia), a governance programme or a mental state: it is the reality of our times. Beck turns the argument that lsquo;global domestic politics' is an unrealistic ideology on its head, arguing that it is the proponents of the national who are the idealists. They view reality through the obsolete lenses of the nation-state and thus cannot see the profound global changes that are transforming our reality. Global domestic politics is therefore a perspective, a political reality and a normative idea. And it is the critical theory of our times since it challenges the most profound truths which we hold dear: the truths of the nation.

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IntroductionTwenty Observations on a World in Turmoil1. Mushrooms and Other Flowers of Capitalism2. All aboard the Nuclear Power Superjet Ð Just Don't Ask about the Landing Strip3. This Appalling Injustice!4. Harm in Exchange for Money5. Illegal World Citizens6. The Cards of Power Are Being Reshuffled across the World7. Felt Peace and Waged War8. The Return of Social Darwinism or: Which University Do We Want?9. A Kind of Berlin Wall Has Again Collapsed10. German Euro-Nationalism11. Beyond the Aeroplane12. Global Domestic Politics from below: How Global Families Are Becoming Normal13. The Environmental Storm on the Bastille14. Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian15. The Caterpillar's Mistake: Fukushima and the End of Nuclear Power16. It's Time to Get Angry, Europe. Create the Europe of Citizens Now!17. Powerless but Legitimate: the Occupy Movement in the Financial Crisis18. Cooperate or Bust! The Existential Crisis of the European Union19. What Is Meant by Global Domestic Politics?20. The Five Self-Delusions of a Supposedly Unpolitical Age

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"Beck is one of the most influential sociological theorists alive today, and not just in the academic sphere."Canadian Journal of Sociology"The astonishingly diverse world in turmoil is here trenchantly dissected by the analyst of risk and uncertainty."John Urry, Lancaster University

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저자(글) Ulrich Beck

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Ulrich Beck is one of the world's leading sociologists and social thinkers, well-known for his best-selling book Risk Society. He is Emeritus Professor at Munich and Professor of Sociology at the LSE.