A short treatise on the metaphysics of tsunamis /
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. Betwe...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English French |
Published: | East Lansing, MI : Michigan State University Press, 2015. ©2015 |
Series: | Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.
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