Individualization institutionalized individualism and its social and political consequences / Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim.
| Author/creator | Beck, Ulrich |
| Other author | Beck-Gernsheim, Elisabeth, 1946- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, |
| Description | xxv, 221 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Theory, culture & society Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered) ^A282209 |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: 1 Losing the traditional: Individualization -- and 'precarious freedoms' 1 -- 2 A life of one's own in a runaway world: Individualization, -- globalization and politics 22 -- 3 Beyond status and class? 30 -- 4 The ambivalent social structure: Poverty and wealth -- in a 'self-driven culture' 42 -- 5 From 'living for others' to 'a life of one's own': -- Individualization and women 54 -- 6 On the way to a post-familial family: From a community -- of need to elective affinities 85 -- 7 Division of labour, self-image and life projects: -- New conflicts in the family 101 -- 8 Declining birthrates and the wish to have children 119 -- 9 Apparatuses do not care for people 129 -- 10 Health and responsibility in the age of genetic technology 139 -- 11 Death of one's own, life of one's own: Hopes from transience 151 -- 12 Freedom's children 156 -- 13 Freedom's fathers 172 -- 14 Zombie categories: Interview with Ulrich Beck 202. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2002277964 |
| ISBN | 0761961119 |
| ISBN | 0761961127 (pbk) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |