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This document discusses the concept of a risk society as proposed by Ulrich Beck in his 1992 work Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity. It provides definitions of a risk society from Beck and Anthony Giddens. Key points made include that modernization itself introduces many risks and hazards, and that risks have the potential to become disasters. Everyday life is increasingly dependent on technology, but technology also introduces new threats and risks that are then addressed with more technology, perpetuating a cycle of risk generation. The document examines examples of technological risks in areas like PCs and communications, as well as larger threats like weapons of mass destruction and terrorist attacks.

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Topic:- Technoculture and Risk (Cultural Studies) ? Name:-Kailas Gohil ? Roll No:- 14 ? Paper No:-8(The Cultural Studies) ? Semester:-2(Two) ? Email ID:-kailasgohil1998@gmail.com ? Submitted By:-Dr. Dilip Barad ? SMT S.B. Gardi M.K. Bhavangar University
?Introduction¡­¡­. ? Contemporary critical has had to negotiate with the with massive environmental adversity, industrial disaster,9/11 and other cataclysmic events. ? Much contemporary theory examines the role such event play in culture. One of the most influential of such theories is that of Risk Society.
?Example¡­ ? PC.. ? Risk: ¡®¡±Virus¡¯, ¡°Illegal Operation¡±, Corruption of hard disc and so on. ? Solution: Contact the help center, download anti- virus, update your PC etc¡­ ? NOTICE that both risks and solution are embedded in the same system. ? Do You see the use of technology as risky, and that same technology asks you to buy more perfection to avoid risks?
Risk Society.. ? Risk Society: Towards a new Modernity (1992) ? ULRICH BECK
Definition:¡­. ? A Risks society is a society increasingly preoccupied with future (and also with the safety) which generates the nation of Risk. -Anthony Giddens
¡°A Risk Society is a systematic way of dealing with Hazards and insecurities induced and introduced by modernization itself¡±-ULRICH BECK
?Risk Society: towards a new Modernity (1992) ?As soon as risks became real they become disaster. ?Example: Indian cricket Batting line up. ?¡®RISKS ARE POTENTIAL DISASTERS¡¯.
TECHNOCULTURE in everyday life¡­ ? We live in increasingly technolosized world. ? Everyday life Shopping to Education depends heavily on technology. ? Communication- mobile ? Online shopping ? Entertainment ? Access of information ? Commerce.
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Technological threats ? Weapons of mass destruction ? 9/11 attack, other terrorist attack ? These threats are solved using more technological systems and machines, which in turn generates more risks.
? Beck beings by suggesting that techno science in industrial society has generated numerous dangers. ? Industrial society is based on the production and distribution of goods which are required to fill the ¡®SCARCITY¡¯ within society. ? Society is based on scarcity and the removal of scarcity can handle goods and needs only when they catualize, as ¡®visible¡¯. ? Such a system can not handle the risks and hazards of industrial production and dustribution. ? But as long as risk is secondly to scarcity or needs industrial society has no problems.
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  • 1. Topic:- Technoculture and Risk (Cultural Studies) ? Name:-Kailas Gohil ? Roll No:- 14 ? Paper No:-8(The Cultural Studies) ? Semester:-2(Two) ? Email ID:-kailasgohil1998@gmail.com ? Submitted By:-Dr. Dilip Barad ? SMT S.B. Gardi M.K. Bhavangar University
  • 2. ?Introduction¡­¡­. ? Contemporary critical has had to negotiate with the with massive environmental adversity, industrial disaster,9/11 and other cataclysmic events. ? Much contemporary theory examines the role such event play in culture. One of the most influential of such theories is that of Risk Society.
  • 3. ?Example¡­ ? PC.. ? Risk: ¡®¡±Virus¡¯, ¡°Illegal Operation¡±, Corruption of hard disc and so on. ? Solution: Contact the help center, download anti- virus, update your PC etc¡­ ? NOTICE that both risks and solution are embedded in the same system. ? Do You see the use of technology as risky, and that same technology asks you to buy more perfection to avoid risks?
  • 4. Risk Society.. ? Risk Society: Towards a new Modernity (1992) ? ULRICH BECK
  • 5. Definition:¡­. ? A Risks society is a society increasingly preoccupied with future (and also with the safety) which generates the nation of Risk. -Anthony Giddens
  • 6. ¡°A Risk Society is a systematic way of dealing with Hazards and insecurities induced and introduced by modernization itself¡±-ULRICH BECK
  • 7. ?Risk Society: towards a new Modernity (1992) ?As soon as risks became real they become disaster. ?Example: Indian cricket Batting line up. ?¡®RISKS ARE POTENTIAL DISASTERS¡¯.
  • 8. TECHNOCULTURE in everyday life¡­ ? We live in increasingly technolosized world. ? Everyday life Shopping to Education depends heavily on technology. ? Communication- mobile ? Online shopping ? Entertainment ? Access of information ? Commerce.
  • 11. Technological threats ? Weapons of mass destruction ? 9/11 attack, other terrorist attack ? These threats are solved using more technological systems and machines, which in turn generates more risks.
  • 12. ? Beck beings by suggesting that techno science in industrial society has generated numerous dangers. ? Industrial society is based on the production and distribution of goods which are required to fill the ¡®SCARCITY¡¯ within society. ? Society is based on scarcity and the removal of scarcity can handle goods and needs only when they catualize, as ¡®visible¡¯. ? Such a system can not handle the risks and hazards of industrial production and dustribution. ? But as long as risk is secondly to scarcity or needs industrial society has no problems.