Individualization : institutionalized individualism and its social and political consequences / Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim.
2002
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Individualization : institutionalized individualism and its social and political consequences / Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim.
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London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2002.
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xxv, 221 pages ; 24 cm.
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Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)
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Machine generated contents note: 1 Losing the traditional: Individualization
and 'precarious freedoms' 1
2 A life of one's own in a runaway world: Individualization,
globalization and politics 22
3 Beyond status and class? 30
4 The ambivalent social structure: Poverty and wealth
in a 'self-driven culture' 42
5 From 'living for others' to 'a life of one's own':
Individualization and women 54
6 On the way to a post-familial family: From a community
of need to elective affinities 85
7 Division of labour, self-image and life projects:
New conflicts in the family 101
8 Declining birthrates and the wish to have children 119
9 Apparatuses do not care for people 129
10 Health and responsibility in the age of genetic technology 139
11 Death of one's own, life of one's own: Hopes from transience 151
12 Freedom's children 156
13 Freedom's fathers 172
14 Zombie categories: Interview with Ulrich Beck 202.
and 'precarious freedoms' 1
2 A life of one's own in a runaway world: Individualization,
globalization and politics 22
3 Beyond status and class? 30
4 The ambivalent social structure: Poverty and wealth
in a 'self-driven culture' 42
5 From 'living for others' to 'a life of one's own':
Individualization and women 54
6 On the way to a post-familial family: From a community
of need to elective affinities 85
7 Division of labour, self-image and life projects:
New conflicts in the family 101
8 Declining birthrates and the wish to have children 119
9 Apparatuses do not care for people 129
10 Health and responsibility in the age of genetic technology 139
11 Death of one's own, life of one's own: Hopes from transience 151
12 Freedom's children 156
13 Freedom's fathers 172
14 Zombie categories: Interview with Ulrich Beck 202.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2005. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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0761961119
0761961127 paperback
0761961127 paperback
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