Ulrich Beck: een kritische evaluatie van enkele kernaspecten van zijn risicosociologie

The concept of risk society as a model for risk regulation – its hidden and not so hidden ambitions, side effects, and risks

“…In July 2015, Pieterman concluded, based on an internet search, that Beck, although not the greatest, is among the very top few sociologists of all times (Pieterman 2015). His influence is not limited to sociology.…”

“…The normative nature of risk society In Beck's original version, risk society theory is deliberately vague about its normative character (Pieterman 2015). In the style of Karl Marx's Capital (Marx 1867), Beck's analysis is neither empirical nor descriptive, and can gravitate toward a normative outlook at any time without notice; in World at Risk, Beck suggests that this has to do with the nature of critical theory, but he provides no further explanation (Beck 2009, 189).…”