科技风险的历史演变及其当代特征

随着新科技革命推动下科技社会一体化进程的加剧,科技风险的特征及表现形式在20世纪中后期发生了一次巨大的转型。当代科技风险具有现实和建构的双重属性并打破了传统风险的局限范围,它以一种新的形式将人类置于某种全球风险社会中。在世界风险社会的背景下,科学技术的发展变得矛盾重重:一方面,科技自身演化成为当今风险的主要制造者;另一方面,科技仍被视做控制风险和处理问题的重要手段。因此,在以知识信息为特征的后工业时代,当代科技风险也必须引起足够的重视与反思。

Historical Evolution and Contemporary Features of Sci-tech Risks

With the accelerated development of the integration of science and technology with society,the features and manifestations of sci-tech risks experienced a huge transformation in the late 20th century.The contemporary sci-tech risks have both realistic and constructive attributes and are in a new form beyond the traditional limitation,thus imposing a certain global risky society on human beings.In such a background,the sci-tech development faces one contradiction after another.On the one hand,the sci-tech evolution has become the main risk maker nowadays and,on the other hand,the sci-tech development is still be regarded as the important means to control risks and solve various problems.So,in the post-industrial era characterized by knowledge-information,the contemporary sci-tech risks necessitate receiving much recognition with in-depth reflection.