Risk and Culture: An Essay on the Selection of Technological and Environmental Dangers by Aaron Wildavsky, Mary Douglas

Risk and Culture: An Essay on the Selection of Technological and Environmental Dangers

Aaron Wildavsky, Mary Douglas

224 pages first pub 1982 (editions)

nonfiction sociology informative reflective slow-paced
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Can we know the risks we face, now or in the future? No, we cannot; but yes, we must act as if we do. Some dangers are unknown; others are known, but not by us because no one person can know everything. Most people cannot be aware of most dangers ...

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