The Epistemology of Disasters and Social Change
Pandemics, Protests, and Possibilities
The Epistemology of Disasters and Social Change
Pandemics, Protests, and Possibilities
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Description
An earthquake in Mexico City spurs the rise of democracy. A plague in South Africa lays the foundations for apartheid. A terrorist attack on New York City triggers massive shifts in global security. A global pandemic sets the stage for the largest civil rights protests in generations.
Beyond their physical impact, disasters assault our certainty and shape a narrow space to alter the structure of what we believe. That change can lead us toward disinformation and authoritarianism, or it can lead us toward greater solidarity and human rights. It all depends on the choices we make as we live through crisis; on how, in fact, we choose to know each other.
The Epistemology of Disasters and Social Change draws on social epistemology, disaster sociology, psychology and feminist philosophy to investigate how disasters function as cauldrons of social transformation, for good and ill. We wrestle with how disasters change us, moment by moment, and provide new strategies to help these tragic eventsproduce positive social transformation, leading to a brighter future during this century of crisis.
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART I: UNDERSTANDING DISASTERS
Chapter 1: So Much Water, So Little Time: Disaster Natality and How We Destroy It
Chapter 2: Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Imagining Disaster in Philosophy, Pop Culture, and Preparedness
Chapter 3: What We Don't Know Will Kill Us: Pandemic Caregiving and Parasitic Resilience
PART II: DISASTERS, SOLIDARITIES, AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Chapter 4: The Epistemological Watershed and Who It's Designed to Serve
Chapter 5: From Warning to Heroics: How Solidarity Forms
Chapter 6: From the Honeymoon to Disillusionment: The Sources of Collective Creativity
Chapter 7: Disaster Solidarities and Pandemic Protest
Chapter 8: Disaster Backlash: Reactionary Movements and Pandemic Solidarity
PART III: DISASTERS, OTHERWISE
Chapter 9: Imagining Disaster, Otherwise: Science Fiction, Marronage, and the Abolition Imaginaries of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Chapter 10: Into the Paravi: Reimagining Disaster Practice
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
Product details
| Published | 23 Jul 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 406 |
| ISBN | 9781538171837 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Illustrations | 14 BW Photos, 4 Tables |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Series | Collective Studies in Knowledge and Society |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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