Uranium, carbon, iron, titanium, gold, silver and silicon - how seven elements are shaping the 21st century, for good and bad.
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"Argues that technology is culture, saturating the world so that technology has become the dominant discourse in politics, medicine, the media, religion, and everyday life."
"Argues that technology is culture, saturating the world so that technology has become the dominant discourse in politics, medicine, the media, religion, and everyday life."
"Underpinning the analysis is the notion of the 'risk society'. The changing nature of society's relation to production and distribution is related to the environmental impact as a totalizing, globalizing economy based on scientific and technical knowledge becomes more central t…
"Ulrich Beck's panoramic analysis of the condition of Western societies has already been hailed as a classic. This first English edition will take its place as a core text of contemporary sociology alongside earlier typifications of society as postindustrial, and current debates…
