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The Dark Society: Two Decades Later – Ulrich Beck and His Publication Risk Society Towards a New Modernity

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  • Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje

    (University of Palermo, Argentina)

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Ulrich Beck, a German sociologist who does not need previous presentation, casts his diagnosis about risk society as a new emerging ethos where social class and hierarchies blurred before the figure of risk. Although he shed light on the post-industrial society of the 90s, today the society he studied seems to be pretty different. Hence, a new fresh insight should replace it. This article introduces readers to the conceptual foundations of Thana Capitalism, as it was critically debated in our book The Rise of Thana Capitalism and Tourism. Per the author's conception, the risk society sets the pace to a new facet of capitalism where the other's pain remains as the main commodity to exchange. Far from being a more egalitarian society, as Beck said, in the days of Thana-capitalism a ruling elite governs the destiny of a precaritized workforce. The novel The Hunger Games represents perfectly how this society works.

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  • Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje, 2020. "The Dark Society: Two Decades Later – Ulrich Beck and His Publication Risk Society Towards a New Modernity," International Journal of Risk and Contingency Management (IJRCM), IGI Global, vol. 9(3), pages 57-67, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jrcm00:v:9:y:2020:i:3:p:57-67
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