Ulrich Bröckling

Ulrich Bröckling is professor of Cultural Sociology at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg. His work focuses on the sociology of technologies of society and self, historical sociology, and the sociology of war and the military.

PUBLICATIONS

Year of Publication: 2026

Ulrich BröcklingYear of Publication: 2026

A Critique of Weapons

In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there has been a great deal of debate among policy-makers in Germany about the need to improve the country's military readiness.

Across party lines, this intellectual mobilisation has parrotted the same mantras over and over again: armament is essential, deterrence ensures security, and pacifism is a fair-weather ideology for dreamers...

Year of Publication: 2024

Glossary of the Present 2.0

In 2004, the Glossary of the Present was published. As the editors put it at the time, the 44 entries in that volume sought to examine »concepts that are ›reasonably well-known‹, but fulfil a significant strategic function and occupy a key position in contemporary debates.«

Now, some 20 years later, with the global financial crisis behind us and the rise of right-wing populist parties...

Year of Publication: 2020

Ulrich BröcklingYear of Publication: 2020

Postheroic Heroes

Nowadays, heroic figures are considered suspicious: too much pathos, too much oozing masculinity, too much moral superiority. We live, they say, in post-heroic times. However, the fascination with...

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Spanish world rights (Alianza), Chinese simplex rights (Peking UP)

Year of Publication: 2007

Ulrich BröcklingYear of Publication: 2007

The Entrepreneurial Self

The maxim »act entrepreneurially!« is the categorical imperative of the present. You are not an entrepreneurial self, but you are supposed to become one. And you become one by being creative,...

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English world rights (Sage), Spanish rights Latin America (Alberto Hurtado), Korea (Hanul)