Anxiety and Uncertainty in Modern Society  

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Pattyn, Bart ; Van Liedekerke, Luc

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Ethical Perspectives: Journal of the European Ethics Network vol. 8 no. 2 (Jun. 2001), page 88-103.
Topik: Social Capital; Fault Line; Modern society

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE45.4 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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The intention of this paper is to relate the various standpoints regarding anxiety and uncertainty. Within the humanities and social sciences, research is pursued in many different disciplines without much interaction between them. Everyone's thinking is based on concepts which are domain-specific, and the distinctions, methods and arguments used are the ones that are generally accepted within the discipline. The divergent conclusions constitute pieces of a puzzle that are seldom if ever put together. There are even doubts about whether such a puzzle can be put together. It can hardly be denied, however, that inspiration is to be found in a consideration of the views and findings of colleagues from other disciplines who are working on the same problems. Now that we have as our guests two prominent academics, each with specific views about our subject, we should take this opportunity to discuss together some of the sociological, anthropological, economic, philosophical and theological approaches to anxiety and uncertainty. If a number of well-known authors are to be believed, lack of trust, uncertainty and insecurity affect the most affluent and modern societies. In French one speaks of précarité (Bourdieu, 1998), in German of Unsicherheit and Risikogesellschaft (Beck, 1986), and in English of “fear”, “risk” and “insecurity” (Douglas, 1992, Furedi, 1997; Bauman, 1992, 1997, 1999). All modern Western societies seem to be afflicted with the same dismal and frustrating human experience.

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