{"product_id":"the-shape-of-risk-hardcover","title":"The Shape of Risk - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGilles Laur\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines a defining paradox of modern life: despite unprecedented gains in safety, longevity, and technological control over uncertainty, contemporary societies have become\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eless tolerant of risk and more anxious about its residual presence. It argues that risk has not disappeared but transformed-from an accepted condition of survival in earlier eras into a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emoralised and politicised phenomenon shaped by expectations of preventability, institutional responsibility, and technological promise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than treating risk as a purely statistical problem, the book reframes it as a cultural, ethical, and psychological construct embedded in relationships between individuals, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einstitutions, and generations. It explores how social media amplifies rare harms, how modern medicine struggles to reconcile autonomy with genuine understanding, and how the shift\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom inevitability to expectation has reshaped public responses to uncertainty, error, and suffering. Across domains such as healthcare, finance, law, and public policy, it shows how\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe demand for perfect safety erodes resilience and distorts judgment. Ultimately, the book calls for a restoration of meaning to risk-not by rejecting science or\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprogress, but by recognising that uncertainty is inseparable from human life. It asks how societies can live responsibly with vulnerability in an age that promises control yet cannot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeliminate unpredictability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 436\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.31 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54615130898707,"sku":"9781764681216","price":134.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/6300\/3667\/files\/o4lB4oI8Pr9781764681216.webp?v=1787766637","url":"https:\/\/finduslaw.com\/products\/the-shape-of-risk-hardcover","provider":"FindUSlaw Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}