Risk: A Sociological Theory

by Niklas Luhmann

Book Overview

A great deal of attention has been devoted to risk research. Sociologists in general have limited themselves to varying recognitions of a society at risk and have traced out the paths to disaster. The detailed research has yet to be undertaken. In Risk, now available in paperback, Niklas Luhmann develops a theoretical program for such research. His premise is that the concept of risk projects essential aspects of our description of the future onto...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0202304434
• ISBN13: 9780202304434
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Aldine Transaction
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"