The Person and Society: The Basic Protection Frameworks from Risks

Abstract

The article uses the conception of a “risk society”, and shows that with many different existing risks, there are many protection frameworks from them. The author draws attention to the fact, that person and society are not only risk producing entities, but also actors creating various forms of protection against risks. A typology of protection frameworks from risks is presented, which is built on three bases and includes seven main types of risk protection: 1) existential, 2) individually-contractual, 3) intentional, 4) emergent, 5) corporate, 6) collective-contractual, 7) socio-cultural. It is noted, that different protection frameworks had different significance for a person and society at different stages of history. From a philosophical perspective, the author poses the question: does the “risk society” turn into a society of threats or not?