The fragility of modern societies : knowledge and risk in the information age

著者

• Stehr, Nico

書誌事項

The fragility of modern societies : knowledge and risk in the information age

Nico Stehr

SAGE, 2001

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-212) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This book argues that knowledge is now central to the modern economy and its productive processes. It is also essential for social relations, social cohesion and conflict resolution. We have moved from a society based around heavy commodities to symbolic goods, from situated markets to non-place-specific locations, from machines to software and from things to ideas. These changes produce new forms of social interaction and new perspectives on identity, practice and association. This penetrating book slices through the cliches and blind alleys of discussions around the knowledge society to reveal the tendons of contemporary change. Written with insight and panache the book explains the momentous nature of the changes associated with the knowledge society.

目次

Introduction Excursus Fragility PART ONE: THE TEXTURE OF MODERN SOCIETIES The Nation State Functional Differentiation Rationalizing the Irrational Traditional and Modern Societies The Extension of Social Conduct PART TWO: KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES The Emergence of Knowledge Societies The Society of Societies PART THREE: KNOWLEDGE ABOUT KNOWLEDGE Knowledge as a Capacity for Action Culture and Knowledge From Capacities to Realization Incremental Knowledge Knowledge and Information Limits of Power and Knowledge Excursus Forms of Capital PART FOUR: FUSION THROUGH DISSOLUTION The Disappearance of Human Agency A Surplus of Social Manipulation Excursus Herrshaft kraft Wissen PART FIVE: FRAGILE SOCIAL STRUCTURES The World of Post-Industrial Societies Collective and Individual Capacities to Act PART SIX: GOVERNING KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES The Stalled Society The Politics of Knowledge Societies Political Action and Knowledgeability PART SEVEN: FRAGMENTATION AND HOMOGENIZATION OF SOCIAL LIFE The Advent of Mass Societies The Globalization of the World Globalization in Historical Times The Divisions of the World The Reconfiguration of the Globe PART EIGHT: POLICING KNOWLEDGE Knowledge Politics Regulating Knowledge The Social Control of Knowledge Claims in Science The Societal Regulation of Knowledge The Virchow-Haeckel Controversy The Public and Science The Developments of Social Controls Knowledge Hierarchies and Monopolies PART NINE: EMANCIPATION AND KNOWLEDGE The Knowledge/Power Axis The New Risks of Knowledge Modern Social Movements Excursus Knowing and Risks PART TEN: KNOWLEDGE, UNCERTAINTY AND CONTINGENCY Prospects or What Remains Open

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA53447048
• ISBN:
  • 0761953485
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: xi, 221 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Knowledge, Sociology of