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From antiquity through the Enlightenment, disasters were attributed to the obscure power of the stars or the vengeance of angry gods. In this title, the author argues that post-Enlightenment culture has been haunted by the sense of emergency that made natural catastrophes and human deeds both a collective crisis and a personal tragedy.

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"Brave and knowledgeable, The Culture of Disaster travels to the frontiers of sense making, where things crumble, crash, and quake only to be recuperated by sense and voracious systems of meaning. I will carry this book with me as my special guide to the catastrophic tropes that rule our clouded horizon." (Avital Ronell, New York University)"

The Culture of Disaster

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 10/4/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226358215, 978-0226358215
      ISBN10: 0226358216
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      From antiquity through the Enlightenment, disasters were attributed to the obscure power of the stars or the vengeance of angry gods. In this title, the author argues that post-Enlightenment culture has been haunted by the sense of emergency that made natural catastrophes and human deeds both a collective crisis and a personal tragedy.

      Trade Review
      "Brave and knowledgeable, The Culture of Disaster travels to the frontiers of sense making, where things crumble, crash, and quake only to be recuperated by sense and voracious systems of meaning. I will carry this book with me as my special guide to the catastrophic tropes that rule our clouded horizon." (Avital Ronell, New York University)"

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