How to think about catastrophe : toward a theory of enlightened doomsaying /

How to Think about Catastrophe argues that "only by making good use of its ethical faculty can humanity hope to curb its power over things and over itself, a power that is excessive and, above all, destructive."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dupuy, Jean-Pierre, 1941- (Author)
Other Authors: DeBevoise, M. B. (Translator), Anspach, Mark Rogin, 1959- (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the French.
Published: East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, [2023].
Series:Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.
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Description
Summary:How to Think about Catastrophe argues that "only by making good use of its ethical faculty can humanity hope to curb its power over things and over itself, a power that is excessive and, above all, destructive."
Physical Description:xiii, 165 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781611864366
1611864364