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The Time of Catastrophe - Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Age of Catastrophe (Paperback)
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The Time of Catastrophe - Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Age of Catastrophe (Paperback)
Series: Law, Justice and Power
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If catastrophes are, by definition, exceptional events of such
magnitude that worlds and lives are dramatically overturned, the
question of timing would pose a seemingly straightforward, if not
redundant question. The Time of Catastrophe demonstrates the
analytic productiveness of this question, arguing that there is
much to be gained by interrogating the temporal conceits of
conventional understandings of catastrophe and the catastrophic.
Bringing together a distinguished, interdisciplinary group of
scholars, the book develops a critical language for examining
'catastrophic time', recognizing the central importance of, and
offering a set of frameworks for, examining the alluring and
elusive qualities of catastrophe. Framed around the ideas of
Agamben, Kant and Benjamin, and drawing on philosophy, history,
law, political science, anthropology and the arts, this volume
seeks to demonstrate how the question of 'catastrophic time' is in
fact a question about something much more than the frequency of
disasters in our so-called 'Age of Catastrophe'.
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