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Ulrich Beck

1944 - 2015

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Ulrich Beck (German: [bɛk]; 15 May 1944 – 1 January 2015) was a German sociologist, and one of the most cited social scientists in the world during his lifetime. His work focused on questions of uncontrollability, ignorance and uncertainty in the modern age, and he coined the terms "risk society" and "second modernity" or "reflexive modernization". He also tried to overturn national perspectives that predominated in sociological investigations with a cosmopolitanism that acknowledges the interconnectedness of the modern world. He was a professor at the University of Munich and also held appointments at the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH) in Paris, and at the London School of Economics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ulrich Beck is the 12th most popular sociologist, the 113th most popular biography from Poland (down from 101st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Sociologist.

Ulrich Beck is a German sociologist who is most famous for his theory of risk society.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Ulrich Beck ranks 12 out of 79. Before him are Robert K. Merton, Georg Simmel, Erving Goffman, Talcott Parsons, Marcel Mauss, and Norbert Elias. After him are Karl Mannheim, Immanuel Wallerstein, Niklas Luhmann, Gabriel Tarde, Manuel Castells, and Seymour Martin Lipset.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Ulrich Beck ranks 44. Before him are Sali Berisha, Angela Davis, Frank Sinatra Jr., Tony Scott, Yoweri Museveni, and Alan Parker. After him are Ibrahim Rugova, O Yeong-su, Dietrich Mateschitz, Diana Ross, Helmut Berger, and G. W. Bailey. Among people deceased in 2015, Ulrich Beck ranks 29. Before him are Laura Antonelli, Dusty Rhodes, Josef Masopust, Leonard Nimoy, Kenan Evren, and Val Logsdon Fitch. After him are Khaled al-Asaad, Yoichiro Nambu, Manoel de Oliveira, Richard F. Heck, Otto Carius, and Tariq Aziz.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Ulrich Beck ranks 113 out of 1,694. Before him are Georg Forster (1754), Henryk Wieniawski (1835), Dziga Vertov (1896), Saint Casimir (1458), Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898), and Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512). After him are Karl Hanke (1903), Hanna Reitsch (1912), Casimir Funk (1884), Władysław Sikorski (1881), Arthur Liebehenschel (1901), and Alexander Jagiellon (1461).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Poland

Among sociologists born in Poland, Ulrich Beck ranks 2. Before him are Norbert Elias (1897). After him are Ludwig Gumplowicz (1838), Shmuel Eisenstadt (1923), and Grażyna Gęsicka (1951).

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