Worst cases: terror and catastrophe in the popular imagination
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1. Verfasser: Clarke, Lee Ben (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press c2006
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-195) and index
Worst cases: be afraid, be very afraid -- The sky could be falling: globally relevant disasters and the perils of probabilism -- What's the worst that can happen? -- Power, politics, and panic in worst cases -- Silver linings: the good from the worst -- Living and dying in worst case worlds
Lee Clarke surveys the full range of possible catastrophes that animate and dominate the popular imagination, from toxic spills and terrorism to plane crashes and pandemics. He explores how the ubiquity of worst cases in everyday life has rendered them ordinary and mundane
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 213 p.)
ISBN:0226108597
0226108600
9780226108599
9780226108605

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