Culture of Disaster

Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Marie Helene Huet, Marie-Helene Huet, HUET MARIE HELENE, Huet Marie-Helene
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.10.2012
• EAN: 9780226358215
• ISBN: 978-0-226-35821-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Cultural Studies, NATURE / Natural Disasters, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, General & world history, General and world history, Natural disasters