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- Penguin Press
- Style
- ABIS_BOOK
- Book Title
- Does not apply
- Color
- Multicolor
- ISBN
- 9780593297377
- Subject Area
- Political Science, Social Science, Medical, History
- Publication Name
- Doom : the Politics of Catastrophe
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 9.6 in
- Subject
- Political Process / General, History & Theory, Social History, Infectious Diseases, Disasters & Disaster Relief, Epidemiology
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Item Weight
- 25.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 496 Pages
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0593297377
ISBN-13
9780593297377
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25050059656
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Publication Name
Doom : the Politics of Catastrophe
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Subject
Political Process / General, History & Theory, Social History, Infectious Diseases, Disasters & Disaster Relief, Epidemiology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Social Science, Medical, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
25.5 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.4 in
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Trade
LCCN
2020-043578
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23
Reviews
" Doom covers an impressive sweep of history at a lively narrative clip and weaves a lot of disparate strands together into an engaging picture." -- The Guardian "[ Doom ] hopscotches breezily across continents and centuries while also displaying an impressive command of the latest research in a large number of specialized fields, among them medical history, epidemiology, probability theory, cliodynamics and network theory. . . . Belongs on the shelf next to recent ambitious and eclectic books by authors like Jared Diamond, Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Steven Pinker. . . . Promises to make a contribution to improving our management of future disasters. . . . Insightful, productively provocative and downright brilliant." --New York Times Book Review " Doom is well-researched, well-argued, and all-encompassing. Ferguson uses the depth and breadth of his knowledge to cogently argue for a new understanding of catastrophic events. . . . Reminiscent of William H. McNeill's Plagues and Peoples , [ Doom ] is a much-needed book on an important and pressing subject. Ferguson provides ample support for his arguments, uses an interdisciplinary approach, and offers new insights and revelations. An exemplary and thought-provoking work from a renowned author that will not disappoint." -- Library Journal (starred review) " Doom seeks to understand why humanity, time and again through the ages, has failed to prepare for catastrophes, whether natural or manmade. . . . Forecasting, network science, economics, epidemiology, together with the psychology of leadership are all considered in a dazzlingly broad examination of the 'politics of catastrophe' . . . Magisterial . . . [an] immensely readable book." --The Financial Times "We are all trying to gain perspective on Covid, and Ferguson frames the tragedy in the broadest and most bracing way, drawing on humanity's experience of all kinds of disaster, from the bubonic plague to the First World War. Sweeping in its narrative and multidisciplinary in its approach, Doom proves you can write an engaging book about a repellent subject." --Sebastian Mallaby, Financial Times "[An] intensely researched . . . always entertaining account. . . . Captivating." -- Kirkus "Niall Ferguson puts the Covid pandemic into the broadest of historical perspectives, and reminds us that this was not the first time that humans have had to deal with catastrophic events. Drawing on a deep knowledge of global history, he catalogs the threats that mankind has faced, and the resourceful ways in which human societies have dealt with them." --Francis Fukuyama "Humans have so many ways to suffer awful collective disasters that one would think we would have developed better ways of responding. In his sweeping, synthetic, engaging book, Doom , master historian Niall Ferguson explains why not and offers a path forward for better, safer, and saner responses the next time we face catastrophe." --Nicholas A. Christakis, "Niall Ferguson puts the Covid pandemic into the broadest of historical perspectives, and reminds us that this was not the first time that humans have had to deal with catastrophic events. Drawing on a deep knowledge of global history, he catalogs the threats that mankind has faced, and the resourceful ways in which human societies have dealt with them." --Francis Fukuyama "Humans have so many ways to suffer awful collective disasters that one would think we would have developed better ways of responding. In his sweeping, synthetic, engaging book, Doom , master historian Niall Ferguson explains why not and offers a path forward for better, safer, and saner responses the next time we face catastrophe." --Nicholas A. Christakis, "[ Doom ] hopscotches breezily across continents and centuries while also displaying an impressive command of the latest research in a large number of specialized fields, among them medical history, epidemiology, probability theory, cliodynamics and network theory. . . . Belongs on the shelf next to recent ambitious and eclectic books by authors like Jared Diamond, Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Steven Pinker. . . . Promises to make a contribution to improving our management of future disasters. . . . Insightful, productively provocative and downright brilliant." --New York Times Book Review " Doom seeks to understand why humanity, time and again through the ages, has failed to prepare for catastrophes, whether natural or manmade. . . . Forecasting, network science, economics, epidemiology, together with the psychology of leadership are all considered in a dazzlingly broad examination of the ''politics of catastrophe'' . . . Magisterial . . . [an] immensely readable book." --The Financial Times " Doom covers an impressive sweep of history at a lively narrative clip and weaves a lot of disparate strands together into an engaging picture." -- The Guardian "We are all trying to gain perspective on Covid, and Ferguson frames the tragedy in the broadest and most bracing way, drawing on humanity''s experience of all kinds of disaster, from the bubonic plague to the First World War. Sweeping in its narrative and multidisciplinary in its approach, Doom proves you can write an engaging book about a repellent subject." --Sebastian Mallaby, Financial Times "Sparkling, provocative and entertaining. . . . [ Doom ] fizzes with ideas and nuggets of information. . . . [Ferguson] is formidably well read and culturally curious." --Peter Frankopan, Prospect "[Ferguson] tackles big topics, topics of importance, and does so with energy and skill. . . . [ Doom ] is well-written, wide-ranging, conceptually interesting, shrewd, and good value. . . . The deep history is handled with care, and is gripping. . . . A crucial work that truly deserves wide attention." -- The Critic " Doom is an informative, amusing and thought-provoking read that puts the current pandemic in context, and is full of steadying good sense for these often hysterical times." -- South China Morning Post " Doom is well-researched, well-argued, and all-encompassing. Ferguson uses the depth and breadth of his knowledge to cogently argue for a new understanding of catastrophic events. . . . Reminiscent of William H. McNeill''s Plagues and Peoples , [ Doom ] is a much-needed book on an important and pressing subject. Ferguson provides ample support for his arguments, uses an interdisciplinary approach, and offers new insights and revelations. An exemplary and thought-provoking work from a renowned author that will not disappoint." -- Library Journal (starred review) "[An] intensely researched . . . always entertaining account. . . . Captivating." -- Kirkus "Niall Ferguson puts the Covid pandemic into the broadest of historical perspectives, and reminds us that this was not the first time that humans have had to deal with catastrophic events. Drawing on a deep knowledge of global history, he catalogs the threats that mankind has faced, and the resourceful ways in which human societies have dealt with them." --Francis Fukuyama "Humans have so many ways to suffer awful collective disasters that one would think we would have developed better ways of responding. In his sweeping, synthetic, engaging book, Doom , master historian Niall Ferguson explains why not and offers a path forward for better, safer, and saner responses the next time we face catastrophe." --Nicholas A. Christakis, "[ Doom ] hopscotches breezily across continents and centuries while also displaying an impressive command of the latest research in a large number of specialized fields, among them medical history, epidemiology, probability theory, cliodynamics and network theory. . . . Belongs on the shelf next to recent ambitious and eclectic books by authors like Jared Diamond, Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Steven Pinker. . . . Promises to make a contribution to improving our management of future disasters. . . . Insightful, productively provocative and downright brilliant." --New York Times Book Review "[An] intensely researched . . . always entertaining account. . . . Captivating." -- Kirkus " Doom seeks to understand why humanity, time and again through the ages, has failed to prepare for catastrophes, whether natural or manmade. . . . Forecasting, network science, economics, epidemiology, together with the psychology of leadership are all considered in a dazzlingly broad examination of the ''politics of catastrophe'' . . . Magisterial . . . [an] immensely readable book." --The Financial Times " Doom covers an impressive sweep of history at a lively narrative clip and weaves a lot of disparate strands together into an engaging picture." -- The Guardian " Doom is well-researched, well-argued, and all-encompassing. Ferguson uses the depth and breadth of his knowledge to cogently argue for a new understanding of catastrophic events. . . . Reminiscent of William H. McNeill''s Plagues and Peoples , [ Doom ] is a much-needed book on an important and pressing subject. Ferguson provides ample support for his arguments, uses an interdisciplinary approach, and offers new insights and revelations. An exemplary and thought-provoking work from a renowned author that will not disappoint." -- Library Journal (starred review) "We are all trying to gain perspective on Covid, and Ferguson frames the tragedy in the broadest and most bracing way, drawing on humanity''s experience of all kinds of disaster, from the bubonic plague to the First World War. Sweeping in its narrative and multidisciplinary in its approach, Doom proves you can write an engaging book about a repellent subject." --Sebastian Mallaby, Financial Times "Sparkling, provocative and entertaining. . . . [ Doom ] fizzes with ideas and nuggets of information. . . . [Ferguson] is formidably well read and culturally curious." --Peter Frankopan, Prospect "[Ferguson] tackles big topics, topics of importance, and does so with energy and skill. . . . [ Doom ] is well-written, wide-ranging, conceptually interesting, shrewd, and good value. . . . The deep history is handled with care, and is gripping. . . . A crucial work that truly deserves wide attention." -- The Critic " Doom is an informative, amusing and thought-provoking read that puts the current pandemic in context, and is full of steadying good sense for these often hysterical times." -- South China Morning Post "Niall Ferguson puts the Covid pandemic into the broadest of historical perspectives, and reminds us that this was not the first time that humans have had to deal with catastrophic events. Drawing on a deep knowledge of global history, he catalogs the threats that mankind has faced, and the resourceful ways in which human societies have dealt with them." --Francis Fukuyama "Humans have so many ways to suffer awful collective disasters that one would think we would have developed better ways of responding. In his sweeping, synthetic, engaging book, Doom , master historian Niall Ferguson explains why not and offers a path forward for better, safer, and saner responses the next time we face catastrophe." --Nicholas A. Christakis, "[An] intensely researched . . . always entertaining account. . . . Captivating." -- Kirkus "Niall Ferguson puts the Covid pandemic into the broadest of historical perspectives, and reminds us that this was not the first time that humans have had to deal with catastrophic events. Drawing on a deep knowledge of global history, he catalogs the threats that mankind has faced, and the resourceful ways in which human societies have dealt with them." --Francis Fukuyama "Humans have so many ways to suffer awful collective disasters that one would think we would have developed better ways of responding. In his sweeping, synthetic, engaging book, Doom , master historian Niall Ferguson explains why not and offers a path forward for better, safer, and saner responses the next time we face catastrophe." --Nicholas A. Christakis, "[ Doom ] hopscotches breezily across continents and centuries while also displaying an impressive command of the latest research in a large number of specialized fields, among them medical history, epidemiology, probability theory, cliodynamics and network theory. . . . Belongs on the shelf next to recent ambitious and eclectic books by authors like Jared Diamond, Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Steven Pinker. . . . Promises to make a contribution to improving our management of future disasters. . . . Insightful, productively provocative and downright brilliant." --New York Times Book Review " Doom is well-researched, well-argued, and all-encompassing. Ferguson uses the depth and breadth of his knowledge to cogently argue for a new understanding of catastrophic events. . . . Reminiscent of William H. McNeill's Plagues and Peoples , [ Doom ] is a much-needed book on an important and pressing subject. Ferguson provides ample support for his arguments, uses an interdisciplinary approach, and offers new insights and revelations. An exemplary and thought-provoking work from a renowned author that will not disappoint." -- Library Journal (starred review) " Doom seeks to understand why humanity, time and again through the ages, has failed to prepare for catastrophes, whether natural or manmade. . . . Forecasting, network science, economics, epidemiology, together with the psychology of leadership are all considered in a dazzlingly broad examination of the 'politics of catastrophe' . . . Magisterial . . . [an] immensely readable book." --The Financial Times "We are all trying to gain perspective on Covid, and Ferguson frames the tragedy in the broadest and most bracing way, drawing on humanity's experience of all kinds of disaster, from the bubonic plague to the First World War. Sweeping in its narrative and multidisciplinary in its approach, Doom proves you can write an engaging book about a repellent subject." --Sebastian Mallaby, Financial Times "[An] intensely researched . . . always entertaining account. . . . Captivating." -- Kirkus "Niall Ferguson puts the Covid pandemic into the broadest of historical perspectives, and reminds us that this was not the first time that humans have had to deal with catastrophic events. Drawing on a deep knowledge of global history, he catalogs the threats that mankind has faced, and the resourceful ways in which human societies have dealt with them." --Francis Fukuyama "Humans have so many ways to suffer awful collective disasters that one would think we would have developed better ways of responding. In his sweeping, synthetic, engaging book, Doom , master historian Niall Ferguson explains why not and offers a path forward for better, safer, and saner responses the next time we face catastrophe." --Nicholas A. Christakis
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
362.1962/414
Synopsis
"All disasters are in some sense man-made." Setting the annus horribilis of 2020 in historical perspective, Niall Ferguson explains why we are getting worse, not better, at handling disasters. Disasters are inherently hard to predict. Pandemics, like earthquakes, wildfires, financial crises. and wars, are not normally distributed; there is no cycle of history to help us anticipate the next catastrophe. But when disaster strikes, we ought to be better prepared than the Romans were when Vesuvius erupted, or medieval Italians when the Black Death struck. We have science on our side, after all. Yet in 2020 the responses of many developed countries, including the United States, to a new virus from China were badly bungled. Why? Why did only a few Asian countries learn the right lessons from SARS and MERS? While populist leaders certainly performed poorly in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Niall Ferguson argues that more profound pathologies were at work--pathologies already visible in our responses to earlier disasters. In books going back nearly twenty years, including Colossus , The Great Degeneration , and The Square and the Tower , Ferguson has studied the foibles of modern America, from imperial hubris to bureaucratic sclerosis and online fragmentation. Drawing from multiple disciplines, including economics, cliodynamics, and network science, Doom offers not just a history but a general theory of disasters, showing why our ever more bureaucratic and complex systems are getting worse at handling them. Doom is the lesson of history that this country--indeed the West as a whole--urgently needs to learn, if we want to handle the next crisis better, and to avoid the ultimate doom of irreversible decline., All disasters are in some sense man-made. Setting the annus horribilis of 2020 in historical perspective, Niall Ferguson explains why we are getting worse, not better, at handling disasters. Disasters are inherently hard to predict. Pandemics, like earthquakes, wildfires, financial crises. and wars, are not normally distributed; there is no cycle of history to help us anticipate the next catastrophe. But when disaster strikes, we ought to be better prepared than the Romans were when Vesuvius erupted, or medieval Italians when the Black Death struck. We have science on our side, after all. Yet in 2020 the responses of many developed countries, including the United States, to a new virus from China were badly bungled. Why? Why did only a few Asian countries learn the right lessons from SARS and MERS? While populist leaders certainly performed poorly in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Niall Ferguson argues that more profound pathologies were at work--pathologies already visible in our responses to earlier disasters. In books going back nearly twenty years, including Colossus , The Great Degeneration , and The Square and the Tower , Ferguson has studied the foibles of modern America, from imperial hubris to bureaucratic sclerosis and online fragmentation. Drawing from multiple disciplines, including economics, cliodynamics, and network science, Doom offers not just a history but a general theory of disasters, showing why our ever more bureaucratic and complex systems are getting worse at handling them. Doom is the lesson of history that this country--indeed the West as a whole--urgently needs to learn, if we want to handle the next crisis better, and to avoid the ultimate doom of irreversible decline.
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RA644.C67F47 2021
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