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UNINA9910792466803321 |
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Autore |
Dupuy Jean-Pierre |
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Titolo |
A short treatise on the metaphysics of tsunamis / / Jean-Pierre Dupuy ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise |
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East Lansing : , : Michigan State University Press, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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1-62895-244-X |
1-60917-472-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (92 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-78)and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; A Note on the Translation; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Genesis; Chapter 2. From Lisbon to Sumatra; Chapter 3. The Naturalization of Evil; Chapter 4. The Problem of Future Catastrophe; Appendix. Japan, 2011; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1755 the city of Lisbon was destroyed by a terrible earthquake. Almost 250 years later, an earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean unleashed a tsunami whose devastating effects were felt over a vast area. In each case, a natural catastrophe came to be interpreted as a consequence of human evil. Between these two events, two indisputably moral catastrophes occurred: Auschwitz and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And yet the nuclear holocaust survivors likened the horror they had suffered to a natural disaster-a tsunami. Jean-Pierre Dupuy asks whether, from Lisbon to Sumatra, mankind has r |
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