Description
Book Synopsis* This new book by one of the world s leading sociologists reflects on the major events of our time, from the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone, from the Arab uprisings to protests in Athens, Barcelona, New York and elsewhere.
Trade Review"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
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Twenty Observations on a World in Turmoil
1. Mushrooms and Other Flowers of Capitalism
2. All aboard the Nuclear Power Superjet Ð Just Don't Ask about the Landing Strip
3. This Appalling Injustice!
4. Harm in Exchange for Money
5. Illegal World Citizens
6. The Cards of Power Are Being Reshuffled across the World
7. Felt Peace and Waged War
8. The Return of Social Darwinism or: Which University Do We Want?
9. A Kind of Berlin Wall Has Again Collapsed
10. German Euro-Nationalism
11. Beyond the Aeroplane
12. Global Domestic Politics from below: How Global Families Are Becoming Normal
13. The Environmental Storm on the Bastille
14. Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian
15. The Caterpillar's Mistake: Fukushima and the End of Nuclear Power
16. It's Time to Get Angry, Europe. Create the Europe of Citizens Now!
17. Powerless but Legitimate: the Occupy Movement in the Financial Crisis
18. Cooperate or Bust! The Existential Crisis of the European Union
19. What Is Meant by Global Domestic Politics?
20. The Five Self-Delusions of a Supposedly Unpolitical Age
