Globalization discourse

Author: Liang Zhan
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: When introducing extracultural content, this book clearly recognizes the differences in cultural backgrounds and cultural value judgment standards. Some academic concepts and research topics may involve sensitive ideological issues. The second volume of this book includes a set of articles describing the current state of globalization in contemporary society. Ulrich Beck, a contemporary German sociologist, is one of the founders of the influential "critical modernity," also known as the "second modernity," in the field of sociology in recent years. Today, the concept he proposed, "risk society," has become popular throughout academia. In contrast to Max Weber's idea of a rationalized society, Beck has noticed a negative aspect overlooked by the theoretical process of social theory, namely the continuous emergence of risks, and regards it as the fundamental characteristic of future society.