(Free and download) A Short Treatise on the Metaphysics of Tsunamis (Studies in Violence, Mimesis, & Culture)
☆ Jean-Pierre Dupuy ☆
| #414615 in Books | 2015-09-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.40 x6.00l,.0 | File Name: 1611861853 | 92 pages
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Jean-Pierre Dupuy is Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at the École Polytechnique, Paris.
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 t... [PDF.gs68] A Short Treatise on the Metaphysics of Tsunamis (Studies in Violence, Mimesis, & Culture) Rating: 3.79 (633 Votes)
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