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Catastrophes - A History and Theory of an Operative Concept (Hardcover)
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Catastrophes - A History and Theory of an Operative Concept (Hardcover)
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Catastrophic scenarios dominate our contemporary mindset.
Catastrophic events and predictions have spurred new interest in
re-examining the history of earlier disasters and the social and
conceptual resources they have mobilized. The essays gathered in
this volume reconsider the history and theory of different
catastrophes and their aftermath. The emphasis is on the need to
distance this process of reconsideration from previous teleological
representations of catastrophes as an endpoint, and to begin
considering their "operative" aspects, which unmask the nature of
social and political structures. Among the essays in this volume
are analyses, by leading scholars in their respective fields,
concerning the role of catastrophes in theology, in the history of
industrial accidents, in theory of history, in the history of law,
in "catastrophe films", in the history of cybernetics, in
post-Holocaust discussions of reparations, and in climate change.
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