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Individualization: Institutionalized Individualism and its Social and Political Consequences

Beck, Ulrich, Beck-Gernsheim, Elisabeth·2002·SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks
DOI 10.4135/9781446218693
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The authors perceive that we humans are in the midst of a fundamental change in the nature of society and politics. This change hinges on the two processes of globalisation and individualisation

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  • Individuals, freed from the contexts of tradition, history and, under globalization, space, are free to, and perhaps forced to, actively construct their own biographies and social bonds.

    “That is, individuals, freed from the contexts of tradition, history and, under globalization, space, are free to, and perhaps forced to, actively construct their own biographies and social bonds.”

    From New Media, Networking and Phatic Culture (2008) · cites this paper as Beck and Beck-Gernsheim, 2002

  • Because of the increasingly disembedded nature of late modern life, a major task of the individual is to continually rebuild and maintain social bonds, making individualization by its nature non-linear, open ended, and highly ambivalent.

    “Because of the increasingly disembedded nature of late modern life, a major task of the individual is to continually rebuild and maintain social bonds, making individualization by its nature non-linear, open ended, and highly ambivalent (Beck and BeckGernsheim, 2002).”

    From New Media, Networking and Phatic Culture (2008) · cites this paper as Beck and Beck-Gernsheim, 2002

  • Individualization refers to a process in which communities and personal relationships, social forms and commitments are less bound by history, place and tradition.

    “In general, individualization refers to a process in which communities and personal relationships, social forms and commitments are less bound by history, place and tradition.”

    From New Media, Networking and Phatic Culture (2008) · cites this paper as Beck and Beck-Gernsheim, 2002

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Authors
Beck, U., & Beck-Gernsheim, E.
Venue
SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Published
2002
DOI
10.4135/9781446218693
OpenAlex
W1267125192
Cited by
3,529
References
0
Citations by year
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FWCI
41.85
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Cultural Studies
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Globalization and political ideologies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Philosophy, Sociology, Political Theory
Keywords
individualization, individualism, globalization, social change, political transition, social consequences, political consequences

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