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Why Risk-Research is More Prominent in English Speaking Countries in the Digital Society

Why Risk-Research is More Prominent in English Speaking Countries in the Digital Society

Maximiliano E. Korstanje
Copyright: © 2014 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 11
ISSN: 1947-3435|EISSN: 1947-3443|EISBN13: 9781466653436|DOI: 10.4018/ijcwt.2014010102
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Korstanje, Maximiliano E. "Why Risk-Research is More Prominent in English Speaking Countries in the Digital Society." IJCWT vol.4, no.1 2014: pp.8-18. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcwt.2014010102

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Korstanje, M. E. (2014). Why Risk-Research is More Prominent in English Speaking Countries in the Digital Society. International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism (IJCWT), 4(1), 8-18. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcwt.2014010102

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Korstanje, Maximiliano E. "Why Risk-Research is More Prominent in English Speaking Countries in the Digital Society," International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism (IJCWT) 4, no.1: 8-18. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcwt.2014010102

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Abstract

This review is inspired by the dichotomy the authors observe in the ways Anglo and Mediterranean countries developed to control the risk. While countries as US, Germany and Holland are on the top of the risk-mitigation policies and bio-technology, others such as Spain, Italy and Argentina have left behind in the race. In this discussion the authors complement the contribution of Max Weber arguing that the sense of predestination, which was enrooted in Ancient Norse Mythology, was a criterion enough to develop the capitalism. However, this does not correspond with “the Reform”, but on the way ancient Germans celebrated the war. Unlike Greeks, Germans developed a sense of predestination to understand the future. At some extent, they were responsible for initiating the process of secularization, but once done, they appealed to technology for two peruses. On one hand, technology alluded to a control of the closed-future, but at the same time it allowed the implementation of steps to expand the life. On this context, terrorism (as a risk) is important for American society because it gives further value to capitalist mind, the control of future.

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