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Ulrich Beck, the famous coiner of the expression and theory of ''risk society'', points out that globalisation is defined primarily by unintended outcomes; that unintended outcomes are the defining mark of what he calls using his peculiar term ''reflexive modernity''. Ulrich Beck, as if wanting to take us “in medias res” (in the centre of the issues) to conclude our contemplation on globalisation in a dignified and unexpected manner, says, ‘Expressions of local nationalism and articulation of local identities may be seen as consequences of globalisation, however that is a contradiction in terms; but Russia is an observable and tragic example.’ (Beck:ibid) | Ulrich Beck, the famous coiner of the expression and theory of ''risk society'', points out that globalisation is defined primarily by unintended outcomes; that unintended outcomes are the defining mark of what he calls using his peculiar term ''reflexive modernity''. Ulrich Beck, as if wanting to take us “in medias res” (in the centre of the issues) to conclude our contemplation on globalisation in a dignified and unexpected manner, says, ‘Expressions of local nationalism and articulation of local identities may be seen as consequences of globalisation, however that is a contradiction in terms; but Russia is an observable and tragic example.’ (Beck:ibid) | ||
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