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Grenfell Tower - Preparedness, Race and Disaster Capitalism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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Grenfell Tower - Preparedness, Race and Disaster Capitalism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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The Grenfell Tower fire of June 2017 is one of the most tragic
political events in British history. This book argues that
preparedness for disasters has always been designed in the
interests of the State and Capital rather than citizens. This was
exemplified by the 'stay put' strategy at Grenfell Tower which has
historically been used to socially control racialised working class
groups in a disaster. 'Stay put', where fire safety is compromised
along with strategic ambiguity, probabilistically eliminates these
groups. Grenfell Tower is a purposive part of 'Disaster
Capitalism', an asocial racial and class eliminationism, where
populations have become unvalorisable and disposable. We have
reached a point where even the ruling class are fleeing from the
disasters and chaos they have inflicted on the world, retreating to
their billionaire bunkers. This timely book will be of interest to
sociologists, social theorists and activists in understanding the
racialised, classed and capitalist nature of contemporary
disasters.
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