Conversations with Ulrich Beck

In this new book, Ulrich Beck and the journalist Johannes Willmsengage in a series of accessible conversations that reveal andexplore the key elements in Beck's thought. * * Ulrich Beck, one of the most important and influentialcontemporary social thinkers, reveals and expands his work in aseries of conversations with journalist Johannes Willms. * These conversations shed new light onto the major themes inBeck's work and provide an insight into some of thecommitments and beliefs that they rest upon. * Includes new thinking on the risk society and on globalisation,themes that have put him at the forefront of contemporarydebates. * Witten in a clear and lucid way and thus ideal for anyoneseeking to come to grips with Beck's work.