Of Divine Warning: Disaster in a Modern Age

by Lewis R. Gordon and Jane Anna Gordon

This book offers a theory of disaster in modern and contemporary society and its impact on the construction of social and political life. The theory is premised upon what the authors call "the sign continuum," where disaster spreads across society through efforts to evade social responsibility for its causes and consequences. Phenomena generated by such efforts include the social manifestation of monstrosity (disastrous people and other forms of living...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594515395
• ISBN13: 9781594515392
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"