The Future As Catastrophe Imagining Disaster in the Modern Age |
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Author:
| Horn, Eva |
Translator:
| Pakis, Valentine |
ISBN: | 978-0-231-18863-0 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2018 |
Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $37.00 |
Book Description:
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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.