A Theory of Catastrophe / / Bryan S. Turner.
Sociology has developed theories of social change in the fields of evolution, conflict and modernization, viewing modern society as essentially unstable and conflict driven. However, it has not seriously studied catastrophe. A Theory of Catastrophe develops a sociology of catastrophes, comparing nat...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2023] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
Series: | De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (V, 153 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Disasters, Crises, and Catastrophes
- Chapter 2 Risk Society and Liquid Modernity
- Chapter 3 Enlightenment and Catastrophe
- Chapter 4 Plagues, Famines and Population
- Chapter 5 Colonial Catastrophes and Genocide
- Chapter 6 War: The Cascade of Catastrophes
- Chapter 7 The Economics of Catastrophe
- Chapter 8 Catastrophe and Utopian Hope
- References
- Index
- Erratum to: Chapter 7: The Economics of Catastrophe