Title:Beck back in the 19th century: towards a genealogy of risk society
Author(s):FRESSOZ, Jean-BaptisteDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article aims at historicizing the 'risk society' thesis (Ulrich Beck). I first present an important book by Eugène Huzar, La Fin du monde par la science (Paris: Dentu, 1855). The author reflects upon the global ...