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Space and Culture, Vol. 9, No. 1, 86-88 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1206331205283732
© 2006 SAGE Publications

The Drowned World

J. G. Ballard and the Politics of Catastrophe

Matthew Gandy

University College London

J. G. Ballard’s fictional depiction of a future London under water bears a striking similarity with the actual experience of New Orleans. In reality, however, the impact of racism and "disaster capitalism" on both relief efforts and urban reconstruction have added a disturbing new dimension to Ballard’s neo-Hobbesian evocation of the collapse of the late modern public realm.

Key Words: New Orleans • Hurricane Katrina • J. G. Ballard • water


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