frontier

harbor

Places Where One Thing Becomes Another

is the value of some variable above which there are disastrous effects.

Elster suggests distinguishing among two types of irreversibility. He writes: For this purpose it is useful to have the notion of frontier, the value of some variable above which there are disastrous environmental or social effects. Strong irreversibility then obtains if (i) one can only(in Elster in Douglas 1982:22)

is a space of uncontrolled forces and that which is necessary for the social world.

as a zone of ambivalence. 'a space of uncontrolled forces and that which is necessary for the social world' (Roitman 2005:127)

is a physical as well as a symbolic construction.

Frontiers are physical as well as symbolic constructions Roland Barthes

is a place where ships taking shelter from storms are exposed to the fury of Customs.

is a location for transients who imbibe in heavy drink and prostitution – indistinguishable from Congress.