Tabla de Contenidos: “…A Reflexive View of the Expert-Lay Knowledge Divide - Brian Wynne Re-vision - Barbara Adam The Centrality of Time for an Ecological Social Sciences Perspective On Knowing What to Do - Bronislaw Szerszynski Environmentalism and the Modern Problematic PART TWO: RISK AND THE SELF: ENCOUNTERS AND RESPONSES Life as a Planning Project - Elizabeth Beck-Gernsheim Individualization at Work - Marco Diani Occupational Identity and Office Automation The Tears inside the Stone - John Maguire Reflections on the Ecology of Fear Solitary Individualization - Helmuth Berking The Moral Impact of Cultural Modernization in Late Modernity PART THREE: THE POLITICS OF THE ENVIRONMENT: EXHAUSTION OR RENEWAL? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Theoretical orientations -- Pre-modern foundations of modern societies -- The first crystallization of the modern system -- Counterpoint and further development: the age of revolutions -- The new lead society and contemporary modernity -- New counterpoints…”