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Abstract Abstract In a world risk society, we must distinguish between ecological and financial dangers, which can be conceptualized as side effects, and the threat from terrorist networks as intentional catastrophes; the principle of deliberately exploiting the vulnerability of modern civil society replaces the principle of chance and accident. Keywords: riskcatastrophenot-knowingenlightenment function of world risk society cosmopolitan real politik
Ulrich Beck (Tue,) studied this question.