The Reinvention of Politics: Rethinking Modernity in the Global Social Order Paperback - 1997 - 1st Edition
by Beck, Ulrich; Ritter, Mark [Translator]
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- Title The Reinvention of Politics: Rethinking Modernity in the Global Social Order
- Author Beck, Ulrich; Ritter, Mark [Translator]
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition New
- Pages 216
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Polity, Cambridge, UK
- Date 1997-01-31
- Features Bibliography
- Bookseller's Inventory # Q-0745617581
- ISBN 9780745617589 / 0745617581
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 9.01 x 6.03 x 0.65 in (22.89 x 15.32 x 1.65 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Civilization, Modern, Social change
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96045035
- Dewey Decimal Code 303.4
From the rear cover
The Reinvention of Politics, suggests we should think again about forging a new model of politics for our times. An active, devolved civil society, Beck argues, can sustain the claim that modernity is inherently democratic. For many issues now - for example, those involving technology, environment protest, the family, or gender relations - belong to the domain of what the author calls "subpolitics".
The postmodern critique of modernity, in Beck's view, is based on mistaken generalizations about a transitional phase in the evolution of modern society. What is needed, he argues, is the reinvention of politics, corresponding to th new demands of a society which remains modern, but which has progressed beyond the earlier form of industrial society.
This book will be essential reading for second-year undergraduates and above in the fields of social and political theory, sociology and political science.