Ulrich Beck

All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#atheism #belief #less #many #modernity

I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#clear #concept #ecology #employment #forced

Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they have them within themselves. They are themselves internally globalized. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#countries #globalized #internally #longer #muslim

Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future, but something that is taking place in the present and to which we must first open our eyes. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#concern #eyes #first #future #globalization

And the terror itself is an example of the world's uncontrollability. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#itself #terror #world

Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#embodiment #europe #itself

Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#complex #conditions #controlled #could #ever

In the final analysis, terror is also another proof of the fact that the superpower is not really a superpower. It was vulnerable. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#analysis #another #fact #final #final analysis

In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a common fate, something we had previously considered impossible. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#community #considered #created #fate #first

Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#horrific #images #initially #september #solidarity