After Fukushima: The Equivalence of Catastrophes

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.

Author: Jean-Luc Nancy
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 10/15/2014
Pages: 72
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 7.97h x 5.35w x 0.23d
ISBN: 9780823263394

About the Author
Jean-Luc Nancy (Author)
Jean-Luc Nancy (1940-2016) was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Universit? Marc Bloch, Strasbourg. His wide-ranging thought runs through many books, including The Literary Absolute, Being Singular Plural, The Ground of the Image, Listening, Corpus, The Disavowed Community, and Sexistence.

Charlotte Mandell (Translator)
Charlotte Mandell has translated more than forty books and is the recipient of numerous awards.