What Is an Event?

by Robin Wagner-Pacifici

Book Overview

We live in a world of breaking news, where at almost any moment our everyday routine can be interrupted by a faraway event. Events are central to the way that individuals and societies experience life. Even life's inevitable moments--birth, death, love, and war--are almost always a surprise. Inspired by the cataclysmic events of September 11, Robin Wagner-Pacifici presents here a tour de force, an analysis of how events erupt and take off from the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022643978X
• ISBN13: 9780226439785
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"