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Ulrich Beck Quotes

Ulrich Beck quotes

Deutsch Sociologist May 15, 1944

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I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too. Ulrich Beck
We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we live in an endangered world is present in more and more life situations. Ulrich Beck
Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally. Ulrich Beck
And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world - a deeply felt hate that cannot easily be overcome with a few good words. Ulrich Beck
You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be possible to deal with these complex circumstances. Ulrich Beck
In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a common fate, something we had previously considered impossible. Ulrich Beck
This experience actually means the very opposite: the largest military power was unable to stop such a sensitive attack and will be unable to rule out such a possibility in the future. Precisely this is the background to the United States' military interventions. Ulrich Beck
Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future, but something that is taking place in the present and to which we must first open our eyes. Ulrich Beck
Ulrich Beck quote: "You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing..."
You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply. Ulrich Beck
The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in an intelligent way, you attain the sovereignty to better solve national problems in cooperation with others. Ulrich Beck
The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything comes together and can be controlled in a centralized way is now erroneous. Ulrich Beck
But it then very soon became clear that the response of a war against terrorism, initially conceived of in a metaphorical sense, began to be taken increasingly seriously and came to entail waging a real war. Ulrich Beck
Ulrich Beck quote: "Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine..."
Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power. Ulrich Beck
That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures wanted to reach a consensus on whether we can continue to pursue a national course in the social sciences or whether we need a cosmopolitan path that also connects us in a new way. Ulrich Beck
Ulrich Beck quote: "Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an..."
Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity. Ulrich Beck

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