Tag: Catastrophe

Free Download Bernard Stiegler, "Symbolic Misery, Volume 2: The Catastrophe of the Sensible"
English | ISBN: 0745652670 | 2015 | 224 pages | PDF | 3 MB
In this important new book, leading cultural theorist and philosopher Bernard Stiegler re-examines the relationship between politics and art in the contemporary world. Our hyper-industrial epoch represents what Stiegler terms a katastroph of the sensible. This katastroph is not an apocalypse or the end of everything, but the denouement of a drama; it is the final act in the process of psychic and collective individuation known as the West.

Free Download Old Moles Collective, "Capitalism’s Endgame: The Catastrophe of Accumulation"
English | ASIN : B0BXN9FJFV | 2023 | 256 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Catastrophic heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and massive flooding; a global pandemic and a war in Ukraine that threatens famine and potential nuclear conflict.

Free Download Sarah Macdonald, "The Full Catastrophe: Stories from when life was so bad it was funny"
English | 2019 | pages: 256 | ISBN: 1743795459 | EPUB | 1,4 mb
We’ve all had days when if we didn’t laugh, we’d cry. Whether it’s a domestic drama, career cockup or just a run-of-the-mill disaster, we’ve all been there – no matter who we are. In this hilarious and moving collection, well-known Australians from all walks of life share their stories as a kind of mass therapy; a feel-good tonic for when the proverbial sh*t hits the fan. From Annabel Crabb’s tale of Russian interference in the birth of her first child to Kate McClymont on how to manage mobsters, or Frank Moorhouse on the worst possible Valentine’s Day to Emma Alberici on moving to London with three small children, these entertaining tales of woe remind us that this too shall pass.

Free Download Sarah Macdonald, "The Full Catastrophe: Stories from when life was so bad it was funny"
English | 2019 | pages: 256 | ISBN: 1743795459 | EPUB | 1,4 mb
We’ve all had days when if we didn’t laugh, we’d cry. Whether it’s a domestic drama, career cockup or just a run-of-the-mill disaster, we’ve all been there – no matter who we are. In this hilarious and moving collection, well-known Australians from all walks of life share their stories as a kind of mass therapy; a feel-good tonic for when the proverbial sh*t hits the fan. From Annabel Crabb’s tale of Russian interference in the birth of her first child to Kate McClymont on how to manage mobsters, or Frank Moorhouse on the worst possible Valentine’s Day to Emma Alberici on moving to London with three small children, these entertaining tales of woe remind us that this too shall pass.

Free Download Elizabeth Kolbert, "Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change"
English | 2006 | pages: 192 | ISBN: 1596911255 | EPUB | 1,4 mb
An argument for the urgent danger of global warming in a book that is sure to be as influential as Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.

Free Download Catastrophe at Spithead: The Sinking of the Royal George by Hilary L. Rubinstein
English | February 11, 2020 | ISBN: 1526764997 | 352 pages | EPUB | 5.47 Mb
In one of the most sensational and perplexing incidents in naval history, Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt, a much-voyaged veteran and outstanding officer, drowned along with more than 800 crew and many civilian visitors on a calm summer’s morning and in a familiar anchorage. This new work examines that tragedy the sudden capsizing at Spithead on 29 August 1782 of the mighty flagship HMS Royal George.

Free Download Sonya Posmentier, "Cultivation and Catastrophe: The Lyric Ecology of Modern Black Literature"
English | 2017 | pages: 304 | ISBN: 1421422654, 1421437937 | PDF | 2,3 mb
A transformative literary history of black environmental writing.

Free Download The Black Box Collective, "Black Box: A Record of the Catastrophe"
English | 2016 | pages: 257 | ISBN: 162963123X | PDF | 8,1 mb
The work of eminent writers-Richard Dyer, Silvia Federici, Ursula K. Le Guin-as well as a host of new thinkers illustrate continuity and rupture in ongoing theoretical and cultural critique

Free Download Bryan S. Turner, "A Theory of Catastrophe "
English | ISBN: 311077223X | 2023 | 153 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 1438 KB
Sociology has developed theories of social change in the fields of evolution, conflict and modernization, viewing modern society as essentially unstable and conflict driven. However, it has not seriously studied catastrophe. A Theory of Catastrophe develops a sociology of catastrophes, comparing natural, social and political causes and consequences, and the social theories that might offer explanations.

Free Download I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor by Andrew Boyd
English | February 14, 2023 | ISBN: 0865719837 | 441 pages | PDF | 14 Mb
An existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists, and compassionate doomers