Riskante Technologien. Wahrnehmung und Regulierung in der Hochmoderne.

The article reviews the conference, "Riskante Technologien. Wahrnehmung und Regulierung in der Hochmoderne," on the subject of technology and government in the modern period, held in Dresden, Germany, from November 11th to November 15th, 2012. Topics include research papers by historians Thomas Hänseroth, Uwe Fraunholz and Detlev Fritsche, philosopher Walter Benjamin's idea of progress as a feature of modern government, and the risk culture in the chemical production industry in Germany during the 1970s.