The Resource The future as catastrophe : imagining disaster in the modern age, Eva Horn ; translated by Valentine Pakis, (electronic resource)
The future as catastrophe : imagining disaster in the modern age, Eva Horn ; translated by Valentine Pakis, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- The Future as Catastrophe offers a novel critique of the fascination with disaster. Analyzing the catastrophic imaginary from its historical roots to the contemporary popularity of disaster fiction and end-of-the-world blockbusters, Eva Horn argues that apocalypse always haunts the modern idea of a future that can be anticipated and planned.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Note
- Translated from the German
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Last men
- Catastrophe without event: imagining climate disaster
- Survival: the biopolitics of catastrophe
- The future of things: accidents and technical safety
- The paradoxes of prediction
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780231547956
- Label
- The future as catastrophe : imagining disaster in the modern age
- Title
- The future as catastrophe
- Title remainder
- imagining disaster in the modern age
- Statement of responsibility
- Eva Horn ; translated by Valentine Pakis
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Future as Catastrophe offers a novel critique of the fascination with disaster. Analyzing the catastrophic imaginary from its historical roots to the contemporary popularity of disaster fiction and end-of-the-world blockbusters, Eva Horn argues that apocalypse always haunts the modern idea of a future that can be anticipated and planned.--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Horn, Eva
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Pakis, Valentine A.
- Series statement
- De Gruyter eBooks
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Fiction
- Disasters in literature
- Future, The, in literature
- Label
- The future as catastrophe : imagining disaster in the modern age, Eva Horn ; translated by Valentine Pakis, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Translated from the German
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Last men -- Catastrophe without event: imagining climate disaster -- Survival: the biopolitics of catastrophe -- The future of things: accidents and technical safety -- The paradoxes of prediction -- Conclusion
- Control code
- ybp15696554
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231547956
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1035798466
- Label
- The future as catastrophe : imagining disaster in the modern age, Eva Horn ; translated by Valentine Pakis, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Translated from the German
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Last men -- Catastrophe without event: imagining climate disaster -- Survival: the biopolitics of catastrophe -- The future of things: accidents and technical safety -- The paradoxes of prediction -- Conclusion
- Control code
- ybp15696554
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231547956
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1035798466
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