https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/How-to-Prepare-for-the-Inevitable https://booksandideas.net/How-to-Prepare-for-the-Inevitable 2017-07-10T07:00:00Z text/html en Kristel Chanard International Video Interviews risk catastrophe Science <p>What role can scientists play in the earthquake risk reduction? Eric Calais discusses the paramount importance of establishing a dialogue between scientists, public authorities and humanitarian help in risky areas. One of the major challenges remains the difficulty of converting scientific knowledge into effective and safe public action.</p> https://booksandideas.net/From-Risk-To-Disaster https://booksandideas.net/From-Risk-To-Disaster 2011-06-08T09:18:29Z text/html en Florent Guénard & Philippe Simay Carousel Philosophy modernity science risk <p>In the human and social sciences, the pervasiveness of the notion of disaster is an indication that a true paradigm is developing, which seeks to replace the paradigm of risk on which the modern project was constructed. Within that paradigm, man – far from being the master of nature or of the transformations he forces upon it – is weak, vulnerable and fallible. Is man a ‘being for disaster?</p> https://booksandideas.net/The-Lessons-of-Disasters https://booksandideas.net/The-Lessons-of-Disasters 2011-05-27T09:56:24Z text/html en Jean-Baptiste Fressoz History modernity environmentalism reflexivity risk <p>The more disasters there are, the less we seem able to learn from them. Our faith in progress and our concern for economic efficiency make it clear that, contrary to postmodernist claims, we have not escaped from the illusions of modernity.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Getting-to-Grips-with-Disaster https://booksandideas.net/Getting-to-Grips-with-Disaster 2011-05-02T05:08:00Z text/html en Gaëlle Clavandier Society science risk <p>How should we understand and account for disasters? Is a disaster simply a risk that has become a reality? Gaëlle Clavandier makes a case for clearly distinguishing between these two concepts, arguing that instead of understanding disasters under the rubric of risk, they actually require a new social science paradigm.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Saving-or-Leaving-to-Die https://booksandideas.net/Saving-or-Leaving-to-Die 2011-04-29T06:36:00Z text/html en Frédérique Leichter-Flack Society medicine ethics risk <p>Extreme conditions during disasters make it impossible to provide the individual medical care that victims require. It is sometimes necessary to make choices, to prioritize need, and sometimes even to leave victims to die. Following Sheri Fink's investigations in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Frédérique Leichter-Flack shows how it is necessary to develop ethical preparation for disasters.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Risk-and-the-Masses https://booksandideas.net/Risk-and-the-Masses 2010-12-03T08:00:00Z text/html en Jean-Baptiste Fressoz Carousel History communication statistics internet medicine information risk <span class="caps">FMSH</span> <p>The failure of the vaccination campaign against the <span class="caps">H1N1</span> virus has sometimes been blamed on the ‘wild rumours' circulating on the Internet. According to Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, this interpretation misses the point. He offers a stimulating historical parallel between the inoculation against smallpox in the 18<sup class="typo_exposants">th</sup> century and the <span class="caps">H1N1</span> outbreak of 2009. His analysis highlights the limitations of risk as a method of persuasion and body management.</p>