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Ulrich Beck

" Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity. "

Diversity , Europe

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" In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a common fate, something we had previously considered impossible. "

Community , First , Fate

" All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many. "

Religion , Theory , Belief , Atheism , Modernity

" Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power. "

Power

" I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then the terrorist attacks happened and there was a complete conversion. Suddenly terrorism was the central risk. "

Thought , Risk

" I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too. "

Technology , Risk , Life

" In the final analysis, terror is also another proof of the fact that the superpower is not really a superpower. It was vulnerable. "

Fact , Terror , Proof

" Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity. "

Diversity , Europe

" But it then very soon became clear that the response of a war against terrorism, initially conceived of in a metaphorical sense, began to be taken increasingly seriously and came to entail waging a real war. "

War , Sense

" And therefore we must seek dialogue in this networked world. We must ask which voice was actually attempting to make itself heard and saw no other possibility of gaining a hearing. To that extent, for a while this also represented a forced opening of a cosmopolitan view. "

Possibility , World , Hearing , Voice

" And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world - a deeply felt hate that cannot easily be overcome with a few good words. "

World , Feeling , Injustice , Hate

" Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future, but something that is taking place in the present and to which we must first open our eyes. "

Will , Future , Present , Open , First , Concern , Globalization

" Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity. "

Solidarity

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