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Risk and technological culture : towards a sociology of virulence /
In this new work van Loon demonstrates how new technologies are transforming the character of risk and examines the relationship between technological culture and society through chapters on ecology, crime and communication.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2002.
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| Colección: | International library of sociology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: technological culture and risk; Theoretical framework; Cultivating risks: paradoxes in the work of Ulrich Beck; Enrolling risks in technocultural practices: notes on Actor Network Theory; Assemblages and deviations: biophilosophical reflections on risk; A theoretical framework: risk as the critical limit of technological culture; The Four Riders of the Apocalypse; Cultivating waste: excessive risks in an economy of opportunities; Emergent pathogen virulence: understanding epidemics in apocalypse culture.