Disaster : a psychological essay / Martha Wolfenstein.

Originally published: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, 1957.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-231).

Print version record.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Threat -- 1. Who worries about remote dangers? -- 2. Visions of panic and madness -- 3. Denial of imminent threat -- 4. Precautions and propitiation -- 5. Experience and expectations -- 6. Danger shared -- Part II: Impact -- 1. The illusion of centrality -- 2. The feeling of abandonment -- 3. Near- and remote-miss -- 4. The disaster syndrome -- 5. Panic -- 6. Egoism and altruism -- 7. Activity and emotion -- Part III: Aftermath -- 1. The tormenting memory -- 2. The fear of recurrence -- 3. The place where it happened -- 4. Property as payment for life -- 5. We were lucky -- 6. The rise and fall of the post-disaster utopia -- 7. Relations to the powers that be -- Notes.

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