Name: Bhagya.Y.K
Country: India

Year: 2026
Volume: Volume-16, Issue-1 (Special Issue: March 2026)
Page Number: 396-402
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20200039

ABSTRACT
The concept of risk society was developed by Ulrich Beck to describe a stage of modernity where societies are increasingly preoccupied with managing risks created by their own development. Unlike traditional societies that dealt with natural dangers, late modern societies face manufactured risks arising from science, technology and industrialization. This shift produces widespread cultural anxiety, uncertainty and insecurity shaping how individuals perceive that future and organize their lives.
Keywords: cultural anxiety, uncertainty, insecurity, modernity, risk society, knowledge.