Techno culture and risk society by ulrich beck

1. Presented by : Alisha Vaghasiya
Roll no : 1
Sem : 2
Submitted to : Dr. Dilip Barad sir

2. Topic : Techno culture and risk

3.  Contemporary critical has had to
negotiate with the with massive
environmental disaster, industrial disaster,
9/11 and other cataclysmic events.
 Much contemporary theory examines
the role such events play in culture. One of the
most influential of such theories is that of
Risk society.

4. >>> Pc
Risk: ‘ Virus’, “ illegal operation’, ‘corruption of hard disc and
so on. Solution: contact the help centre, 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???

6. Definition:
A Risks society is a
society increasingly
preoccupied with the
future ( and also with
the safety) which
generates the notion
of Risk. - Anthony
Giddens

7. “A Risk society is a systematic way of dealing with
hazards and insecurities induced and introduced by
modernization itself” – ULRICH BECK

8. Risk Society: towards a new Modernity (1992) -ULRICH
BECK
As soon as risks became real they become disaster.
Example: Indian Cricket Batting line up
‘RISKS ARE POTENTIAL DISASTERS’

9. ‘RISKS ARE POTENTIAL DISASTERS’
Example : 1 Example : 2

10.  We live in increasingly technologies world.
 Everyday life Shopping to Education depends
heavily on technology.
 Communication- mobile
 Online shopping
 Entertainment
 Access of information
 Commerce
TECHNOCULTURE in everyday life

11.  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.
 Risk of releasing confidential information's ( credits cards,
residential address etc)
 Moral panics about children
 Cyber stalk
Technological threats

12.  Beck begins 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 actualize, as ‘visible’.
 Such a system can not handle the risks and
hazards of industrial production and
distribution.
 But as long as risk is secondary to scarcity or
needs industrial society has no problems.