Book ID: CBB001212733

Aufbruch ins Unversicherbare: zum Katastrophendiskurs der Gegenwart (2013)

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Hempel, Leon (Editor)
Bartels, Marie (Editor)
Markwart, Thomas (Editor)


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Publication date: 2013
Language: German


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: 451 pp.; ill.

Terroranschläge und Kriege, Tsunami, Erdbeben, Vulkanausbrüche, Klimawandel, Ölpest, Finanzkrise - Berichte über "Katastrophen" sind längst medialer Alltag. Offen bleibt jedoch die Frage, welche Intentionen und Konsequenzen die zunehmende Verwendung des Katastrophenbegriffs durch Politik und Wirtschaft mit sich bringt. Die Beiträge des Bandes fragen daher: Dient der Begriff tatsächlich nur der Beschreibung - oder soll auch eine Atmosphäre des Ausnahmezustands geschaffen werden, die eine Anwendung von sonst nicht konsensfähigen Verfahren ermöglicht? Wohin führt es, wenn die Einordnung von Ereignissen in umfassende soziale Prozesse umgangen wird, wenn ihre Wahrnehmung als Konsequenz eingegangener Risiken ausbleibt?

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Chapter Ghamari-Tabrizi, Sharon (2013) Death and Resurrection in the Early Cold War: The Grand Analogy of the Disaster Researchers. In: Aufbruch ins Unversicherbare: zum Katastrophendiskurs der Gegenwart (p. 335). unapi

Chapter Cavelty, Myriam Dunn (2013) Der Cyber-Krieg, der (so) nicht kommt: Erzählte Katastrophen als (Nicht)Wissenspraxis. In: Aufbruch ins Unversicherbare: zum Katastrophendiskurs der Gegenwart (p. 209). unapi

Chapter Grammelsberger, Gabriele (2013) Die Normalisierung des Katastrophischen: am Beispiel des Klimawandels. In: Aufbruch ins Unversicherbare: zum Katastrophendiskurs der Gegenwart (p. 277). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Bales, Ellen
Bankoff, Greg
Cacciatore, Michael A.
Conway, Erik M.
Corley, Elizabeth A.
Giroux, Élodie
Journals
Science, Technology, and Human Values
Environment and History
French Historical Studies
History and Technology
History of the Human Sciences
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
Harvard University
University of California, Berkeley
Johns Hopkins University Press
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division
Oxford University Press
Concepts
Risk assessment
Risk
Disasters; catastrophes
Science and society
Safety
Public policy
People
Colbert, Stephen, 1964-
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
18th century
19th century
16th century
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United States
Germany
Japan
Paris (France)
India
Philippines
Institutions
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory (United States)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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