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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57422783 Title: Risk : a sociological theory Author: Niklas Luhmann Publisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Aldine Transaction, 2005. ISBN/ISSN: 0202307646 9780202307640 OCLC:57422783 Please verify that you are not a robot. Cancel Share Permalink Permalink Copy this URL to link to this page: Add a review Would you also like to submit a review for this item?     Cancel Your list has reached the maximum number of items. Please create a new list with a new name; move some items to a new or existing list; or delete some items. You already recently rated this item. Your rating has been recorded Write a review Rate this item: 1 2 3 4 5 Preview this item Preview this item Checking... Risk : a sociological theory Author: Niklas Luhmann Publisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Aldine Transaction, 2005. Edition/Format:  Print book : English : 1st paperback editionView all editions and formats Summary: "This new edition of Risk includes an outstanding essay on the enormous importance of Niklas Luhmann in contemporary social theory. The authors explain not only why he has been all but ignored in the English-speaking world, but the lasting importance of Luhmann in developing a genuinely innovative vision of the component of modern society. Stehr and Bechmann show how the author of Risk is a universal scholar located within the context of the Enlightenment and European sociology and philosophy."--BOOK JACKET.  Read more... Rating: (not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first. Subjects Risk -- Sociological aspects. Risk. Sociology. More like this Similar Items Add library to Favorites Please choose whether or not you want other users to be able to see on your profile that this library is a favorite of yours. Allow this favorite library to be seen by others Keep this favorite library private Save    Cancel Find a copy in the library Finding libraries that hold this item... Details Document Type: Book All Authors / Contributors: Niklas Luhmann Find more information about: Niklas Luhmann ISBN: 0202307646 9780202307640 OCLC Number: 57422783 Notes: English translation originally published: New York : A. de Gruyter, ©1993. Description: xxxiii, 236 pages ; 23 cm Contents: Ch. 1. The concept of risk -- Ch. 2. The future as risk -- Ch. 3. Time binding : material and social aspects -- Ch. 4. The risk of observing and the coding of function systems -- Ch. 5. The special case of high technology -- Ch. 6. Decision makers and those affected -- Ch. 7. Protest movements -- Ch. 8. Demands on politics -- Ch. 9. Risk in the economic system -- Ch. 10. Risky behaviour in organizations -- Ch. 11. And science? -- Ch. 12. Second-order observation. Other Titles: Soziologie des Risikos. Responsibility: Niklas Luhmann, translated by Rhodes Barrett, with a new introduction by Nico Stehr & Gotthard Bechmann. Abstract: Theoretical sociology has shown little interest in risk research. Here, 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 the present.  Read more... Reviews User-contributed reviews Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. Be the first. Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. Be the first. Tags Add tags for "Risk : a sociological theory". Be the first. Similar Items Related Subjects:(3) Risk -- Sociological aspects. Risk. Sociology. Confirm this request You may have already requested this item. Please select Ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway. 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