Ulrick becks theory of modernisation

Modernization is often used as a means of describing the transition from traditional society to modernity. These different societies have distinctive characteristics as over time changes occur within the structure of society- the transition from traditional to industrial society for example. The world that we live in has recently witnessed an unprecedented acceleration of change and it is now necessary that these changes be investigated and studied in the context in which they are happening. …showed first 75 words of 2289 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2289 total…distinctions between the two in order to gain an understanding as to why Beck believes that the entire structure has been replaced as opposed to having merely undergone institutional change like during the transition from traditional to industrial society. In this essay I examined the meaning of reflexivity in reflexive modernization and I conclude that it refers to the modernization of modernity- the replacement of one modernity by another through the radicalization of its institutions.