Sociology has developed theories of social change in the fields of
evolution, conflict and modernization, viewing modern society as
essentially unstable and conflict driven. However, it has not
seriously studied catastrophe. A Theory of Catastrophe develops a
sociology of catastrophes, comparing natural, social and political
causes and consequences, and the social theories that might offer
explanations. A catastrophe is a general and systematic breakdown
of social and political institutions resulting, among other things,
in what we could call a catastrophe consciousness. The Greek
‘cata-strophe’ formed the conclusion to a dramatic sequence of
strophes. The cata-strophe was the final act of a drama, namely its
denouement. Catastrophic denouements are without hope: genocides,
military occupations, plagues, famines and earthquakes. A Theory of
Catastrophe analyzes Pompeii, the Black Death, colonial genocide in
North America, WWI and the Spanish Flu, and Nazi Germany and
finally this century: terrorism, new wars, climate change and
pandemics. As a study of sociological theory, Bryan Turner
discusses Spengler’s Decline of the West, Marxism as a theory of
catastrophic capitalism, messianic movements, Weber on modernity,
and risk society. He concludes by comparing optimism and pessimism,
and the idea of inter-generational justice.
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