Risk society

The article shows that modern society is characterized by the high and increasing risk saturation, due to the acceleration of all processes in society and the intensification of competition, as a result of which rapid innovations become necessary in all spheres of society, inevitably generating risks. In this regard, modern society is called a society of risk. The novelty of the article is represented by a systematic analysis of the features of such a society. The main one is that the risks and associated dangers in a risk society are qualitatively different from the previous risks by the absence of boundaries both in space and in time, as well as in relation to the social affiliation of people. Due to the high risk saturation, the normative model of the risk society is changing: security becomes the main normative ideal, in contrast to equality, which was the main ideal of past eras. Previously, the social project was aimed at achieving the best, but now it has become inherently protective in nature, involving the prevention of the worst. The risk society is characterized by the emergence of new social groups and risk solidarities. The instability of society increases due to constant tension and fear of dangers. In the conditions of the “risk society”, a new type of personality is gradually being formed — a risky person, who has the necessary social qualities for life in conditions of risk, is able to assess it, predict its consequences and quickly recover after falling into difficult risky conditions. The increase in riskiness and risk saturation of Russian society is caused by the incompleteness of the course of modernization processes, the contradiction between modern and traditional value orientations, and the lack of a systemic concept of reforming society. The necessity of creating a global risk management system, which involves minimizing the negative consequences of risks and maximizing positive results, is substantiated.

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