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Beck Back in the 19th Century: Towards a Genealogy of Risk Society (2007)

History and Technology
Volume: 23
Pages: 333--350

Publication Date: 2007
Edition Details: Part of a special issue on Risk Society in Historical Perspective
Language: English

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Chemical industry Medicine Risk assessment Technology Forests and forestry Vaccines; vaccination Technology and society 19th century

This article aims at historicizing the 'risk society' thesis (Ulrich Beck). I first present an important book by Eugegravene Huzar, La Fin du monde par la science (Paris: Dentu, 1855). The author reflects upon the global catastrophes produced by new technologies and tries to imagine a safer way of governing science and nature. I contextualize this work by providing a series of case studies on various 19th-century technological controversies (ranging from deforestation to vaccination and the chemical industry). I argue that, in every case, what is usually put under the label 'resistance' to progress was in fact crucial for the shaping of safer technologies.

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Description Considers the risk society thesis of Ulrick Beck, focusing on technological controversies, including deforestation, vaccination, and the chemical industry.

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Article Boudia, Soraya; Jas, Nathalie (2007) Introduction: Risk and “Risk Society” in Historical Perspective. History and Technology (p. 317). unapi

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