The paradox of risk in an age of global contraction

As the global landscape of risk is reconfiguring in the wake of the global pandemic, this introduction sets the scene by situating the notion of risk historically and exploring the paradoxical relationship of modernity to risk.

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Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
Published
2025-09-09
DOI
https://doi.org/10.71609/iheid-96vb-vq66
Primary Topic
Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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The paradox of risk in an age of global contraction

Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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The paradox of risk in an age of global contraction

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Abstract

As the global landscape of risk is reconfiguring in the wake of the global pandemic, this introduction sets the scene by situating the notion of risk historically and exploring the paradoxical relationship of modernity to risk.

Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (CH)
Good health and well-being
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Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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