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Ulrich Beck Quotes

Ulrich Beck quotes

Deutsch Sociologist May 15, 1944

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I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then the terrorist attacks happened and there was a complete conversion. Suddenly terrorism was the central risk. Ulrich Beck
Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they have them within themselves. They are themselves internally globalized. Ulrich Beck
When they come to Europe, they are confronted by still closed borders. Thus, the concept of open borders is a very selective concept, one that is not taken seriously at all in the experience of non-Europeans. Ulrich Beck
And therefore we must seek dialogue in this networked world. We must ask which voice was actually attempting to make itself heard and saw no other possibility of gaining a hearing. To that extent, for a while this also represented a forced opening of a cosmopolitan view. Ulrich Beck
Ulrich Beck quote: "You could say that we are living in an internally globalized..."
You could say that we are living in an internally globalized country. Ulrich Beck
Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit. Ulrich Beck
Ulrich Beck quote: "We are living in a world that is beyond controllability."
We are living in a world that is beyond controllability. Ulrich Beck
Ulrich Beck quote: "And the terror itself is an example of the world's..."
And the terror itself is an example of the world's uncontrollability. Ulrich Beck
Ulrich Beck quote: "Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity."
Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity. Ulrich Beck
Ulrich Beck quote: "The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity..."
The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion. Ulrich Beck
Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an appropriate form of democracy and centralized government. Ulrich Beck
All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many. Ulrich Beck
In the final analysis, terror is also another proof of the fact that the superpower is not really a superpower. It was vulnerable. Ulrich Beck

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