Ben Wisner wrote:
> What all of this suggests to me is that the political aftermath of Katrina is not
> simply "political" in the short term sense of electoral challenge, "spin," and
> Congressional investigations. The situation in the U.S. and elsewhere raises
> fundamental questions about the function and legitimacy of the nation state.
> Beck's inspiration is Jurgen Habermas, a great political philosopher. One of
> his seminal works was, indeed, entitled, "Legitimation Crisis."
I'm just wondering whether this mailing list is about Marxist philosophy or
about disaster research and effective disaster management?
Benny Peiser
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