Screen LibraryCatastrophes : a history and theory of an operative concept /
Catastrophic scenarios control 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...
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Catastrophic scenarios control 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. |
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1 online resource(vii,200pages) : illustrations Also available in print edition. |
| ISBN: | 9783110312584（electronic bk.） |
| Index Number: | D24 |
| CLC: | X4 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction / The Storyteller and the Seismograph / "Unity, Plasticity, Catastrophe: Order and Pathology in the Cybernetic Era" / The Last Man: The Birth of Modern Apocalypse in Jean Paul, John Martin, and Lord Byron / Accidents happen: The Industrial Accident in Interwar Germany / German Jewish Judges and the Permanent State of Catastrophe / Ending Time and again in Ruins: Catastrophe and its Discontents in Jewish Theology / The Obscenity of Objectivity: Post-Holocaust Anti-Semitism and the Invention-Discovery of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder / Kata and/or Streiphen?: Climate Change and the Politics of Catastrophe / Anticipating the Climate Catastrophe / Conclusion -- The Authors. |