EURO ST 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: God Forbid, Risk Society, Industrial Society
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Industrial society has created many new dangers of risks unknown in previous ages. The risks associated with global warmings are one example. In the present era of industrialization, the nature of risk has undergone tremendous change. Earlier, there was no absence of risk. But these risk were natural dangers or hazards. There was earthquake, there was epidemic, there was famine and there were floods. But, the risks in the modern society are created by our own social development and by the development of science and technology. Sometimes, we fail to ascertain the risk involved in a particular aspect of technology. For instance, no one quite knows what risks are involved in the production of genetically modified foods. In recognition of this license and the above terms the representatives from the above mentioned company shall pay us the sum of 25,000 pounds of 40 flemish groats each.
