Ulrich Beck Quotes


The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion. Ulrich Beck Society 117
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 Politics 82
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 Uncategorized 80
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 Science 77
Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity. Ulrich Beck Uncategorized 74
You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply. Ulrich Beck Peace 73
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 Education 70
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 Religion 65
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 Uncategorized 63
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 Uncategorized 52
You could say that we are living in an internally globalized country. Ulrich Beck Country 47
Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit. Ulrich Beck Uncategorized 41
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 Uncategorized 39
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 Uncategorized 39
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 Uncategorized 39
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 Country 38
Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power. Ulrich Beck Power 36
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 Uncategorized 36
We are living in a world that is beyond controllability. Ulrich Beck Uncategorized 35
Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity. Ulrich Beck Uncategorized 34
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 Technology 28
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 Power 26

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