According to sociologist Anthony Giddens, one of the defining features of late modernity is that risk has become an organising principal at both the institutional and individual level:
“Traditional cultures didn’t have a concept of risk because they didn’t need one. Risk isn’t the same as hazard or danger. Risk refers to hazards that are actively [...]
Where does our perception of danger come from? Fear as an evolutionary instinct exists to assist survival. Some fears are often viewed as instinctual, such as the fear of the dark or of predatory animals. These fears are no longer attached to the actual threat that inspired them, but seen as ‘evolutionary fears’ written into [...]
Also tagged evolution, fear, imagination, threat, uncertaintyThe interesting thing in treating this kind of behaviour as an expression of parental protection is that it is a measure aiming to protect the child not from an imminent danger but from risk. The focus on avoidance rather than treatment is a result of our “Risk Society” and reflection of a Health & Safety [...]
Also tagged protection, threatThere is an uneven use of exoneration towards family members. When a genetic mutation is discovered throughout the family line, the older generations are exonerated from blame. This is due to the apparent lack of intentions, evident by acceptable genetic ignorance in time of conception as well as the destructive effect blame can have on [...]
Also tagged blame, generation