This book presents Ulrich Beck one of the world s leading sociologists and social thinkers as
a Pioneer in Cosmopolitan Sociology and Risk Society. His world risk society theory has been
confirmed by recent disasters events that have shaken modern society to the core signaling the
end of an era in which comprehensive insurance could keep us safe. Due to its own successes
modern society now faces failure: while in the past experiments were conducted in a lab now
the whole world is a test bed. Whether nuclear plants genetically modified organisms
nanotechnology if any of these experiments went wrong the consequences would have a global
impact and would be irreversible. Beck recommends ignoring the mathematical morality of expert
opinions which seek to identify the level of a given risk by calculating the probability of
its occurrence. Instead man s fear of collapse should offer an opportunity for international
cooperation and a cosmopolitan turn in the social sciences.
