All is well : catastrophe and the making of the normal state / Saptarishi Bandopadhyay.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197579220Subject(s): Emergency management -- History -- 18th century -- Case studies | Disasters -- Political aspects -- Case studies | Disasters -- Social aspects -- Case studies | Disasters -- History -- 18th century -- Case studies | Society | Social services & welfare, criminologyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197579190DDC classification: 363.348 LOC classification: HV551.2 | .B36 2022Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Disasters are commonly understood as exceptional occurences that destroy human life, property, and resources. But what is the relationship between such occurences and modern states responsible for guarding society against them? Saptarishi Bandopadhyay argues that disasters are artifacts of 'normal' rule. They result from the same, mundane strategies of knowledge-making, and violence by which authorities, experts, and people struggle to develop state-like power, to define and defend the social order. Drawing on three case studies, Bandopadhyay examines 18th-century exercises in catastrophe conservation and state formation, and shows how the underlying beliefs and resulting insights shape contemporary narratives, norms, and practices of global disaster management.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Disasters are commonly understood as exceptional occurences that destroy human life, property, and resources. But what is the relationship between such occurences and modern states responsible for guarding society against them? Saptarishi Bandopadhyay argues that disasters are artifacts of 'normal' rule. They result from the same, mundane strategies of knowledge-making, and violence by which authorities, experts, and people struggle to develop state-like power, to define and defend the social order. Drawing on three case studies, Bandopadhyay examines 18th-century exercises in catastrophe conservation and state formation, and shows how the underlying beliefs and resulting insights shape contemporary narratives, norms, and practices of global disaster management.
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