After Fukushima
Subtitle: The Equivalence of Catastrophes
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9780823263387
Subjects: Disasters; Technology, philosophy; Nuclear reactor accidents
Description: "In this book, the philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy examines the nature of catastrophes in the era of globalization and technology. Can a catastrophe be an isolated occurrence? Is there such a thing as a "natural" catastrophe when all of our technologies nuclear energy, power supply, water supply are necessarily implicated, drawing together the biological, social, economic, and political, Nancy examines these questions and more. Exclusive to this English edition are two interviews with Nancy conducted by Danielle Cohen-Levinas and Yuji Nishiyama and Yotetsu Tonaki"--