Description
Book SynopsisWe are living in a world in which the existence of risk is constantly debated, misinformation and disinformation are rife and spread quickly and easily through online media, and where governments and institutions continue to avoid taking decisive action even when there is general agreement that a serious threat exists. Understanding how people, social groups and social organizations understand, respond to and act on threats, hazards and dangers is more important than ever. In Risk, Deborah Lupton asserts the ongoing importance of the analysis of risk in our age of permacrisis and mounting scepticism about experts and science, calling for a re-turn' to risk theory in the social sciences.
The book outlines the three major approaches to risk in social and cultural theory, devoting a chapter to each. The first approach draws upon the work of Mary Douglas to articulate the cultural/symbolic perspective on risk. The second approach is that of the risk society perspective, bas
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Theorizing risk 3. Risk and culture 4. Risk and reflexive modernization 5. Risk and governmentality 6. Risk and subjectivity 7. Risk and Otherness 8. Risk and pleasure 9. Risk misinformation and denial: the climate and COVID-19 crises
