Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0058828

Zusammenfassung

At all times, societal development has been preconditioned by man's protection from and mastery or overcoming of natural hazards. Yet, precaution and prevention are far more recent stances, which both gained importance at the turn of the 19th century. Similar to the creation of security, both of these concepts are variations of one and the same approach towards the future, which was now not merely accepted passively, but increasingly shaped actively. Premodern societies interpreted natural incidents mainly religiously and according to their everyday experiences. During the 19th and 20t...