Title: Development and Risk:Two Alternative Trends of Modernity——Analysis on the Western Risk Society Theory
Abstract: Risk society theory profoundly exposes two alternative trends of modernity:the result of modernity has brought two trends——development and risk.In other words,modernity certain social risk factors of opposing oneself,resisting oneself and eliminating oneself,have arose in the process of development.And both of trends are from the same reason.Because of this same reason,between two alternative trends of modernity,two opposite trends are commensal and ineradicable and the expansion of modernity can induce the expansion of social risks as well.Therefore,the cause of the existence of modernity is also the reason for modern social risks emergence.It is in a dilemma in this matter.Two alternative trends reveal two contradictive aspects of modernity——positivity and negativity,which is not binary opposition orientation to be simply positive or negative for modernity.It provides the important theoretical foundation when we dialectically examine the consequences of modernity and its relationship with the sources of social risks.We should critically draw lessons from the western risk society theory,which may help us form scientific risk views to solve the social risks.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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