Ulrich Beck Quotes

Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power. - Ulrich Beck

Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity. - Ulrich Beck

But it then very soon became clear that the response of a war against terrorism, initially conceived of in a metaphorical sense, began to be taken increasingly seriously and came to entail waging a real war. - Ulrich Beck

And therefore we must seek dialogue in this networked world. We must ask which voice was actually attempting to make itself heard and saw no other possibility of gaining a hearing. To that extent, for a while this also represented a forced opening of a cosmopolitan view. - Ulrich Beck

And the terror itself is an example of the world's uncontrollability. - Ulrich Beck

And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world - a deeply felt hate that cannot easily be overcome with a few good words. - Ulrich Beck

All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many. - Ulrich Beck

Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future, but something that is taking place in the present and to which we must first open our eyes. - Ulrich Beck

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