ABSTRACT
The modern spirit had vowed to defeat natural disasters, but this promise was withdrawn or perhaps simply forgotten. It has ceased to be discussed. Every individual is well aware of the knowledge that no political system or state or military organisation can guarantee immunity or absolute security. At best it can pay compensation in monetary terms for damages, and the money, as in the case of consumerism, has become a surrogate, a substitute for safety, in terms both of costs and of benefi ts.
