Risk, Environment and Modernity HP and kind--more than he could

and kind--more than he could ever possibly count

and political groups eager to appropriate his legacy

Salvador Dalí

many published here for the first time since their original appearance

author of The New Country

Risk, Environment and Modernity HP and kind--more than he couldThis text brings together major European writers, including Ulrich Beck, to discuss issues related to technology, risk and nature. The first section examines the "instrumentalization" of nature and the relation between science, technology and expert systems. These themes are elaborated in the second section by a discussion of the implication of technology (and risk) in late modern ideas of the "self", individualization and reflexivity. The third