(Un)certainty in the Knowledge Society

Rek, Mateja; Makarovič, Matej; Škabar, Matjaž

doi:10.1163/15691330-12341365

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“…Put in a positive way, the more we know, the more interesting questions we can ask and the more it is acknowledged how little we know. Debates on increasing ignorance in a ‘knowledge society’ have shown that the conflict between the production and accumulation of knowledge and its flipside (more ignorance) leads to two trends that amplify each other (see Hansson, 2002; Rek et al, 2015). As new scientific and technological innovations frequently give rise to striking forms of unknowns that are less than desirable, processes of monitoring knowledge production become ever more important.…”

Section: Outlook: Non-knowledge As a Key Driver Of The New Modernitymentioning

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Risk as zombie category: Ulrich Beck’s unfinished project of the ‘non-knowledge’ society

Groß

2016

Security Dialogue

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‘Non-knowledge’ is a classical sociological term introduced into sociology most prominently by Georg Simmel. Dismissing classical sociological concepts as ‘zombie categories’, Ulrich Beck turned to non-knowledge relatively late in his career. This article argues provocatively that many of Beck’s observations on issues ranging from the uninsurability of modern risks to the notion of risk itself would have greatly profited from being complemented or even substituted by a theory of not knowing. Viewed in this light, Beck’s notion of risk no longer applies to the world he describes and thus has become one of his own zombie categories. The article then takes up some of Beck’s unfinished attempts at conceptualizing the unknown and develops them further so that they might prove useful for security studies and related fields today. To illustrate this approach, the article uses examples of non-knowledge on matters ranging from potential terrorist attacks to issues of human health and security.

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Section: Outlook: Non-knowledge As a Key Driver Of The New Modernitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk as zombie category: Ulrich Beck’s unfinished project of the ‘non-knowledge’ society

Groß

2016

Security Dialogue

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“…Since the research is exploring the issue of causal complexity related to peace and small-n situation, a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), more precisely fuzzy set analysis, has been applied. A powerful way of framing the causal complexity is the use of the concepts of necessity and sufficiency (Schneider, 2009;Rek et al, 2015). A cause is defined as necessary if it must be present for a certain outcome to occur.…”

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The importance of the political order for peace

Kildi

Cepoi

2017

JACPR

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the issue of security challenges in the selected states in Eurasia and Central and Eastern Europe from the perspective of peace and politics. Since the security situation differs significantly across the sub-regions under scrutiny, the main objective of the current research is to establish and test a theoretical model of relevant combinations of political factors and their relation to peace. The theoretical framework has been designed by following Fukuyama’s idea of political order and upgraded with the newly constructed index of social exclusion. Design/methodology/approach According to the objective and methodological gaps in this field, the paper applies comparative fuzzy set analysis. The method relies on the theoretical framework and empirical data and allows a constant communication between the two. It has allowed the research to focus on what conditions are necessary and/or sufficient for peace in the selected countries. Findings It is evident there are several different paths to achieve peace. However, the rule of law clearly constitutes both the necessary and sufficient conditions for peace in the selected regions. Moreover, the results of the research reveal that the concepts of interest are highly interlinked with each other, especially when it comes to the rule of law, state, and democratic accountability. Thus, further research should focus on in-depth analysis of each particular case to explore which conditions or combinations are decisive in particular setting. Originality/value Such findings can contribute to improving the areas where Eurasian countries are still lagging behind. Further research should focus on small but significant differences within these four groupings of countries, to improve the understanding of prerequisites for peace and contribute to the development of state and human security in the EU neighborhood.

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“…Information and communication technologies in the late modernity have generated the conditions for the emergence of a knowledge society (Unesco, 2005;Rek et al, 2015). This is characterized by the identification, production, process, transformation, dissemination, and use of information to build and apply knowledge for human development (Unesco, 2005).…”

Section: Globalised Science In the Context Of Knowledge Societymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These developments have resulted in what is conceptualised as the knowledge society. Within this society, "knowledge becomes the essential element of the productive economic and other social processes" (Rek, Makarovič and Škabar, 2015).…”

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Uneven Writing Spaces in Academic Publishing: A Case Study on Internationalisation in the Disciplines of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Rivera-López¹

2019

Preprint

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More than 70% of the output of the highest impact international journals is produced by American and British scholars in the disciplines of Human Geography and Marketing (Gutierrez and Lopez-Nieva, 2001;Rosenstreich and Wooliscroft, 2006;Bański and Ferenc, 2013). Additionally, 85.3% of the editorial board members of international Marketing journals are based in the US (Rosenstreich and Wooliscroft, 2006). Furthermore, 95% of the journals in the Web of Science database use English as their language of publication (Paasi, 2015). These empirical data seem to indicate that international publication spaces are dominated by US and UK-based research (Paasi, 2015). In this context, this research seeks to deepen the debate by focusing on a new research unit: references. Through case studies on the referencing of the three higher impact journals in the disciplines of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PLoS Biology, Cell, and Reviews of Biochemistry) it was possible to identify, describe and visually represent the spatial patterns of knowledge production. The main findings support previous literature; 74.9% of the references surveyed had at least one author from either the US or the UK. Moreover, there was a notable predominance of authors from the US (69.9%). Furthermore, there was a high preponderance of authors from Englishspeaking countries (88.32%). Finally, it was determined that there is an uneven writing space created by three factors: marginalization, governmental and institutional evaluation practices and the use of English. As a conclusion, a series of managerial and linguistic suggestions for academic publishers is provided in order to promote ethnic diversity and genuinely global journal publishing spaces.

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(Un)certainty in the Knowledge Society

Cited by 5 publications

References 19 publications

Risk as zombie category: Ulrich Beck’s unfinished project of the ‘non-knowledge’ society

Risk as zombie category: Ulrich Beck’s unfinished project of the ‘non-knowledge’ society

The importance of the political order for peace

Uneven Writing Spaces in Academic Publishing: A Case Study on Internationalisation in the Disciplines of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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