The Future as Catastrophe: Imagining Disaster in the Modern Age

The Future as Catastrophe: Imagining Disaster in the Modern Age Horn Eva Wydawca: Columbia University Press Data wydania: 2018 ISBN: 9780231188630 Liczba stron: 296 Format: 153 x 228 x 19 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: The Future as Catastrophe offers a novel critique of the fascination with disaster. Analyzing the catastrophic imaginary from its historical roots to the contemporary popularity of disaster fiction and end-of-the-world blockbusters, Eva Horn argues that apocalypse always haunts the modern idea of a future that can be anticipated and planned.