The Fukushima disaster invites us to look back and probe how
nuclear technology has shaped the world we live in, and how we have
come to live with it. Since the first nuclear detonation (Trinity
test) and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, all in 1945,
nuclear technology has profoundly affected world history and
geopolitics, as well as our daily life and natural world. It has
always been an instrument for national security, a marker of
national sovereignty, a site of technological innovation and a
promise of energy abundance. It has also introduced permanent
pollution and the age of the Anthropocene. This volume presents a
new perspective on nuclear history and politics by focusing on four
interconnected themes–violence and survival; control and
containment; normalizing through denial and presumptions; memories
and futures–and exploring their relationships and consequences.
It proposes an original reflection on nuclear technology from a
long-term, comparative and transnational perspective. It brings
together contributions from researchers from different disciplines
(anthropology, history, STS) and countries (US, France, Japan) on a
variety of local, national and transnational subjects. Finally,
this book offers an important and valuable insight into other
global and Anthropocene challenges such as climate change.
General
| Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
History and Philosophy of Technoscience |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| First published: |
2022 |
| Editors: |
Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent
• Soraya Boudia
• Kyoko Sato
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
330 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-213066-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-03-213066-0 |
| Barcode: |
9781032130668 |
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