Theories of Uncertainty and Risk across Different Modernities by Patrick Brown (

Description: Theories of Uncertainty and Risk across Different Modernities by Patrick Brown This collection discusses common ways of thinking about risk and uncertainty through examining how uncertainty is handled in different settings around the world. The book challenges assumptions which associate risk with post-traditional, secular and liberal characteristics. It was originally published as a special issue of Health, Risk & Society. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Setting out to challenge various common assumptions in risk research, this collection explores how uncertainty is handled in a range of social contexts across the globe. Social science research often emphasises the salience of risk and uncertainty for grasping the dynamics of late-modern societies, with theoretical frameworks tending to associate the emergence of risk with particular, fairly homogenous, European or North-Western paths of modernisation. These theoretical narratives can be seen as shaping various assumptions regarding risk cultures, not least associations with post-traditional, largely secular and liberal characteristics. Risk is therefore analysed in terms of modern, active, rational citizens, meanwhile faith, hope or magic are implicitly relegated to the past, the oriental, the passive and/or the irrational.Central to the book is the consideration of risk across a range of different modernities. While the precise meaning and organisational processes of risk vary, we see the common combining of risk, faith, magic and hope as people go forward amid uncertain circumstances. Whether seeking health amid illness, survival amid flooding, or safety amid migration, we explore the pertinence of risk around the globe. We also stress the ubiquity of faith and the magical in various modern settings. This book was originally published as a special issue of Health, Risk & Society. Author Biography Patrick Brown is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is Deputy Editor of Health, Risk & Society and has published widely on topics of trust, hope, risk and related ways in which organisations, groups and individuals handle uncertainty. Table of Contents 1. Theorising uncertainty and risk across different modernities: considering insights from non-North-Western studies 2. Engaging with risk in non-Western settings: an editorial 3. Anthropology and risk: insights into uncertainty, danger and blame from other cultures – A review essay 4. Faith and uncertainty: migrants journeys between Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore 5. Applying the risk society thesis within the context of flood risk and poverty in Jakarta, Indonesia 6. Coping with health-related uncertainties and risks in Rakhine (Myanmar) 7. Performing prevention: risk, responsibility, and reorganising the future in Japan during the H1N1 pandemic 8. Purity and danger: shamans, diviners and the control of danger in premodern Japan as evidenced by the healing rites of the Aogashima islanders Details ISBN1138080586 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2017 ISBN-10 1138080586 ISBN-13 9781138080584 Format Hardcover Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Patrick Brown Affiliation University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication Date 2017-09-13 DEWEY 361.1 Language English UK Release Date 2017-09-13 AU Release Date 2017-09-13 NZ Release Date 2017-09-13 Author Patrick Brown Alternative 9780367264727 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Pages 160 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159637118;

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