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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Über den Autor
Eva Horn is professor of German literature and cultural history at the University of Vienna. She is the author of The Secret War: Treason, Espionage, and Modern Fiction (2013).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Last Men
2. Catastrophe Without Event: Imagining Climate Disaster
3. Survival: The Biopolitics of Catastrophe
4. The Future of Things: Accidents and Technical Safety
5. The Paradoxes of Prediction
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780231188630
ISBN-10: 0231188633
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Horn, Eva
Übersetzung: Pakis, Valentine
Hersteller: Columbia University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 153 x 228 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Eva Horn
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.09.2018
Gewicht: 0,41 kg
Artikel-ID: 113821424

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