Catastrophes

CatastrophesCatastrophic scenarios dominate our contemporary mindset. Catastrophic events and predictions have spurred new interest in re examining the history of earlier disasters and the social and conceptual resources they have mobilized. The essays gathered in this volume reconsider the history and theory of different catastrophes and their aftermath. The emphasis is on the need to distance this process of reconsideration from previous teleological

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These cultural battles took on heightened importance precisely because the stakes were nothing less than the very shape and significance of West German domestic modernity

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but also against endemic mechanisms of starvation and hunger designed to break them

Food (and life) is all about perspective: having an open mind and an adventurous spirit can take you to wonderful places you’d never experience otherwise

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