The future as catastrophe, imagining disaster in the modern age, Eva Horn ; translated by Valentine Pakis
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The future as catastrophe, imagining disaster in the modern age, Eva Horn ; translated by Valentine Pakis
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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illustrations
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index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
The future as catastrophe
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electronic resource
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bibliographydictionaries
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1035798466
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Eva Horn ; translated by Valentine Pakis
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De Gruyter eBooks
Sub title
imagining disaster in the modern age
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.--, Provided by publisher
Table of 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
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