UID:
almahu_9949460146602882
Format:
xi, 330 pages.
Edition:
1 ed.
ISBN:
9781003227472
,
1003227473
,
9781000541564
,
1000541568
,
9781000541557
,
100054155X
Series Statement:
History and philosophy of technoscience
Content:
"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."--Publisher.
Note:
Violence and order -- Pacifying through control and containment -- Normalising through denial and trivialisation -- Timescaping through memory and future visions.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032130668
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1032130660
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032130637
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1032130636
Language:
English
