RiskRisk has become a key concept in western societies, People are encouraged to seek out information on risk and to take steps to avoid it as much as possible. Risk analysis, risk assessment and risk management are ever-expanding industries. We are now living in a 'risk' society. In this book, Deborah Lupton examines why risk has come to such prominence at this particular point in history. The author traces how risk has been constructed over time from pre-modernity to the later modern era and provides an introduction to the main theories surrounding the subject. She covers a wide range of issues including Risk and culture Sociocultural and scientific perspectives Blame, danger and trust Risk and pleasure. Including examples of the ways in which risk is experienced in everyday life, Risk provides a lively and engaging introduction to one of today's major sociocultural concepts and will be essential reading for students and teachers alike. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHANGES IN THE MEANING OF RISK | 5 |
THIS BOOK | 13 |
THEORIZING RISK | 17 |
SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVES | 24 |
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST POSITIONS | 28 |
CONCLUDING COMMENTS | 33 |
RISK AND CULTURE | 36 |
FROM DANGEROUSNESS TO RISK | 91 |
CONTEMPORARY RISK STRATEGIES | 95 |
CONCLUDING COMMENTS | 102 |
RISK AND SUBJECTIVITY | 104 |
RISK KNOWLEDGES AND REFLEXIVITY | 105 |
SOCIAL STRUCTURES AND POWER RELATIONS | 113 |
AESTHETIC AND HABITUAL DIMENSIONS | 118 |
CONCLUDING COMMENTS | 122 |
THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURE | 37 |
PURITY DANGER AND THE BODY | 39 |
RISK AND BLAME | 45 |
THE GRIDGROUP MODEL | 49 |
CONCLUDING COMMENTS | 55 |
RISK AND REFLEXIVE MODERNIZATION | 58 |
BECK AND THE RISK SOCIETY | 59 |
REFLEXIVE MODERNIZATION | 65 |
INDIVIDUALIZATION | 69 |
GIDDENS PERSPECTIVES ON RISK | 72 |
TRUST | 77 |
CONCLUDING COMMENTS | 81 |
RISK AND GOVERNMENTALITY | 84 |
GOVERNMENTALITY | 85 |
RISK AND OTHERNESS | 123 |
EMBODIMENT | 124 |
HYBRIDITY AND LIMINALITY | 129 |
THE PSYCHODYNAMICS OF OTHERNESS | 137 |
SPATIALITY AND OTHERNESS | 142 |
CONCLUDING COMMENTS | 147 |
RISK AND PLEASURE | 148 |
ESCAPE ATTEMPTS AND EDGEWORK | 149 |
RISKTAKING AS GENDERED PERFORMANCES | 157 |
DESIRE AND TRANSGRESSION | 163 |
CONCLUDING COMMENTS | 171 |
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