此次“非典”疫情爆发,除了引发有关对于突发事件的处理等一些讨论外,还有一个重要的问题就是我们应该重视和开展对“风险社会”的认识和研究。一般来讲,所谓风险社会,即是指由于某些局部的或是突发的事件可能导致或引发的社会灾难。国际上最早开展这方面研究的是德国人类学家 The outbreak of this SARS outbreak, in addition to triggering some discussions on the handling of emergencies, is another important issue that we should attach importance to and carry out awareness and research on “risk society.” Generally speaking, the so-called risk society, refers to the social disaster caused or triggered by some local or unexpected events. The earliest international research in this area is the German anthropologist