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Dekker, Sidney

 
9780415789899: The End of Heaven: Disaster and Suffering in a Scientific Age
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ISBN 10 : 0415789893 ISBN 13 : 9780415789899
Editeur : Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

In this unique book, Sidney Dekker tackles a largely unexplored dilemma. Our scientific age has equipped us ever better to explain why things go wrong. But this increasing sophistication actually makes it harder to explain why we suffer. Accidents and disasters have become technical problems without inherent purpose. When told of a disaster, we easily feel lost in the steely emptiness of technical languages of engineering or medicine. Or, in our drive to pinpoint the source of suffering, we succumb to the hunt for a scapegoat, possibly inflicting even greater suffering on others around us. How can we satisfactorily deal with suffering when the disaster that caused it is no more than the dispassionate sum of utterly mundane, imperfect human decisions and technical failures? Broad in its historical sweep and ambition, The End of Heaven is also Dekker's most personal book to date.

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À propos de l'auteur

Sidney Dekker is Professor of Humanities and Social Science at Griffith University, Australia, an institution founded on a commitment to social justice. He holds two Dutch degrees in psychology and a PhD (1996) in cognitive systems engineering from the Ohio State University, USA.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0415789893
ISBN 13 
9780415789899
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
106
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Personne responsable
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