The Grenfell Tower fire of June 2017 is one of the most tragic
political events in British history. This book argues that
preparedness for disasters has always been designed in the interests
of the State and Capital rather than citizens. This was exemplified by
the ‘stay put’ strategy at Grenfell Tower which has historically
been used to socially control racialised working class groups in a
disaster. ‘Stay put’, where fire safety is compromised along with
strategic ambiguity, probabilistically eliminates these groups.
Grenfell Tower is a purposive part of ‘Disaster Capitalism’, an
asocial racial and class eliminationism, where populations have become
unvalorisable and disposable. We have reached a point where even the
ruling class are fleeing from the disasters and chaos they have
inflicted on the world, retreating to their billionaire bunkers. This
timely book will be of interest to sociologists, social theorists and
activists in understanding the racialised, classed and capitalist
nature of contemporary disasters.
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Preparedness, Race and Disaster Capitalism
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783319968513
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Palgrave Pivot
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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