Disaster: A Psychological Essay

ISBN-13: 9780415868662 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 248 str.

Martha Wolfenstein

Opis

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

Introduction PART I: TREAT 1. Who worries about remote danger? 2. Visions of panic and madness 3. Denial of imminent threat 4. Precautions and propitiation 5. Experience and expectations 6. Danger shared PART II: IMPACT 1. The illusion of centrality 2. The·feeling of abandonment 3. Near- and remote·miss 4. The disaster syndrome 5. Panic 6. Egoism and altruism 7. Activity and emotion PART III: AFTERMATH 1. The tormenting memory 2. The fear of recurrence 3. The place where it happened 4. Property as payment for Iife 5. We were lucky.6. The rise and fall of the post-disaster utopia 7. Relations to the powers that be