has anyone ever historicized or made a genealogy of the particular hobbesian post-apocalyptic fantasy where the collapse of the state produces wars over resources and societal devolution (turning "back" into "savages" etc)? Where does that fantasy come from?
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I feel like the person who would know this is
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It’s in Shelley’s THE LAST MAN, so it’s original recipe in that sense, but it effectively becomes US state policy in the postwar nuclear panic period, especially as the inducement to move to the suburbs to spread out potential targets gets mixed up with anti-urban race panic.
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Right, in Shelley it's part of the "ruins of futurity" theme that was part and parcel of the discovery of the deep historical past (and concomitant speculation on deep future) as well as the world crisis unleashed by French Revolution.
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