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In this book, the philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy examines the nature of catastrophes in the era of globalization and technology. Can a catastrophe be an isolated occurrence? Is there such a thing as a “natural” catastrophe when all of our technologies—nuclear energy, power supply, water supply—are necessarily implicated, drawing together the biological, social, economic, and political? Nancy examines these questions and more. Exclusive to this English edition are two interviews with Nancy conducted by Danielle Cohen-Levinas and Yuji Nishiyama and Yotetsu Tonaki.

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GCGBPA powerful reflection on our times, our condition, and the fate of our civilization, as revealed by the catastrophe of Fukushima.GC[yen] GCoFran+ * ois Raffoul, Louisiana State University

A powerful reflection on our times, our condition, and the fate of our civilization,as revealed by the catastrophe of Fukushima. -Francois Raffoul, Louisiana State University

Leave it to Jean-Luc Nancy to take an event like the Fukushima nuclear disaster and turn it into an occasion for rethinking the essence of capitalism, globalization, the fate of the Earth, and the future of democracy. -- -Michael Naas * DePaul University * A powerful reflection on our times, our condition, and the fate of our civilization, as revealed by the catastrophe of Fukushima. -- -Francois Raffoul * Louisiana State University *

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Jean-Luc Nancy (1940–2021) was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Université de Strasbourg and one of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century’s foremost thinkers of politics, art, and the body. His wide-ranging thought runs through many books, including Being Singular Plural, The Ground of the Image, Corpus, The Disavowed Community, and Sexistence. His book The Intruder was adapted into an acclaimed film by Claire Denis.

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