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The Future as Catastrophe

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

The Future as Catastrophe

By Eva Horn

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About the book

Why do we have the constant feeling that disaster is looming? Beyond the images of atomic apocalypse that have haunted us for decades, we are dazzled now by an array of possible catastrophe scenarios: climate change, financial crises, environmental disasters, technological meltdowns--perennial subjects of literature, film, popular culture, and political debate. Is this preoccupation with catastrophe questionable alarmism or complacent passivity? Or are there certain truths that can be revealed o...Show more

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9780231188623

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published year

2018

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The Future as Catastrophe

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Hardcover

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