02690nam 2200613 450 991045912220332120200520144314.01-62895-244-X1-60917-472-0(CKB)2660000000035225(EBL)2196783(SSID)ssj0001546440(PQKBManifestationID)16141235(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001546440(PQKBWorkID)14796353(PQKB)10290869(MiAaPQ)EBC3433768(OCoLC)918993060(MdBmJHUP)muse47393(MiAaPQ)EBC2196783(Au-PeEL)EBL3433768(CaPaEBR)ebr11091506(Au-PeEL)EBL2196783(EXLCZ)99266000000003522520150903h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA short treatise on the metaphysics of tsunamis /Jean-Pierre Dupuy ; translated by M.B. DeBevoiseEast Lansing :Michigan State University Press,[2015]©20151 online resource (92 p.)Studies in violence, mimesis, and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.1-61186-185-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-78)and index.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 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 rStudies in violence, mimesis, and culture.DisastersPhilosophyElectronic books.DisastersPhilosophy.551.4637Dupuy Jean-Pierre53030DeBevoise M. B.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459122203321A short treatise on the metaphysics of tsunamis2460051UNINA