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Risk assessment as rhetorical practice: The ironic mathematics behind terrorism, banking, and public policy

机译：风险评估是一种修辞手法：恐怖主义，银行业务和公共政策背后的讽刺数学

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The twin problems of possible terrorist attacks and a global economic recession have been, and continue to be, critical components of contemporary political culture. At the center of both problems is the assessment of future risk. To calculate the probability that a loan will default or to estimate the likelihood of an act of bioterrorism crippling an American city is to engage in the quantitative science of risk assessment. The process of risk assessment is an attempt to rationalize the uncertainty and contingency of the future. In this essay, I read risk assessments made by the Department of Homeland Security and by major banks during the recent financial collapse as examples of rhetorical practice. As such, I show the rhetorical form and function of risk assessments in order to determine the effect that they have on contemporary political culture.
机译：可能的恐怖袭击和全球经济衰退的双重问题一直是并且继续成为当代政治文化的重要组成部分。这两个问题的中心都是对未来风险的评估。要计算贷款违约的可能性或估计生物恐怖行为使美国城市瘫痪的可能性，便是从事风险评估的定量科学。风险评估过程是试图合理化未来的不确定性和偶然性。在本文中，我阅读了国土安全部和主要银行在最近的金融危机期间所做的风险评估，以此作为言辞实践的例子。因此，我展示了风险评估的修辞形式和功能，以确定它们对当代政治文化的影响。

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