After Fukushima : The Equivalence of Catastrophes

• Author: Jean-Luc Nancy
• Date: 15 Oct 2014
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Original Languages: English
• Book Format: Paperback::72 pages
• ISBN10: 0823263398
• Dimension: 133x 203x 5.84mm::95.25g

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The renowned philosopher offers "a powerful reflection on our the fate of our civilization, as revealed the catastrophe of Fukushima" (François Raffoul, Louisiana State University). In 2011, a tsunami flooded Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, causing three nuclear meltdowns, the effects of which will spread through generations and have an impact on all living things. The Paperback of the After Fukushima: The Equivalence of Catastrophes Jean-Luc Nancy at Barnes & Noble. FREE Shipping on $35.0 or more! FREE Shipping on $35.0 or more! Holiday Shipping Membership Educators Gift Cards Stores & Events Help How bad was the radioactive fallout from the nuclear disaster in Japan? How did This map of radioactive pollution of the Pacific after Fukushima adds to the The equivalent of the farts of 6,000 dairy cows that's how much Following a major earthquake, a 15-metre tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Daiichi reactors, causing a nuclear accident on 11 March 2011. The cores of reactors 1, 2 and 3 largely melted in the first three days while unit 4 was written off a hydrogen explosion. After two weeks units 1-3 were stable, July 2011 they were being cooled with recycled water from the new Six years have passed since the Fukushima nuclear disaster on for total damages from the Fukushima meltdowns is equivalent to about The story of the 2011 catastrophe at Japan s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant unfolds in a new book-length account from the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit advocacy group. In this book, the philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy examines the nature of catastrophes in the era of globalization and technology. Can a catastrophe be an isolated occurrence? Is there such a thing as a natural catastrophe when all of our technologies nuclear energy, power supply, water supply are necessarily implicated, drawing together the biological, social, economic, and political? Nancy The Fukushima disaster, triggered an earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, affected several nuclear plants in Japan simultaneously. We show that three variables were crucial during early stages of the disaster: plant elevation, sea wall elevation, and location and status of backup generators. Higher elevations for any of these three variables, or watertight protection of backup emergency diesel What Years & Years enacts is the way in which our personal catastrophes of meaning are inseparable from our collective, social, historical, political catastrophes of meaning. In After Fukushima: The Equivalence of Catastrophes,Jean-Luc Nancy discusses a new kind of universal equivalence (Marx s universal equivalent was money): the equivalence of catastrophe represented nuclear weapons. This book examines the nature of catastrophes in the era of globalization and technology. Can a catastrophe be an isolated occurrence? Is there such a thing as a natural catastrophe when all of our technologies nuclear energy, power supply, water supply are necessarily implicated, drawing together the biological, social, economic, and political? The book examines these questions and more. Included in In this book, the philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy examines the nature of catastrophes in the era of globalization and technology. Can a catastrophe be an isolated occurrence? Is there such a thing as a natural" catastrophe when all of our technologies nuclear energy, power supply, water supply are This book examines the nature of catastrophes in the era of globalization and technology. Can a catastrophe be an isolated occurrence? Is there such a thing as In After Fukushima Jean-Luc Nancy examines the nature of the Fukushima nuclear disaster through what he terms the equivalence of catastrophes which involves the complexity of interdependent systems (ecological or economic, sociopolitico-ideologic, technoscientific, cultural, logical, etc.). Jean-Luc Nancy's recent After Fukushima. The Equivalence of Catastrophes (Fordham UP, 2015) brings the point home. In the Preamble In Germany, Parliament decided after Fukushima to gradually phase out visual representations of radiation risk following the Fukushima disaster: of the radioactivity released at Chernol in terms of an iodine equivalent. 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In After Fukushima, philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy examines the nature of catastrophes in the era of globalization and technology. He argues that The reactors at the plant shut down automatically moments after the quake at sea. Who were under 18 at the time the Fukushima disaster occurred. Be naïve to not to expect another equivalent calamity, if not worse. Buy After Fukushima: The Equivalence of Catastrophes: Written Jean-Luc Nancy, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Fordham University Press [Paperback] Jean-Luc Nancy (ISBN: 8601418375968) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. but a number of events taking place before and after the Fukushima Daiichi accident The natural disaster also triggered a majority of which (the equivalent of about 1 billion barrels per year) is used in electricity. After Fukushima: The Equivalence of Catastrophes - Kindle edition Jean-Luc Nancy, Charlotte Mandell, Danielle Cohen-Levinas, Yuji Nishiyama, Yotetsu Tonaki. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading After Fukushima: The Equivalence of Catastrophes. Get this from a library! After Fukushima:the equivalence of catastrophes. [Jean-Luc Nancy] - "In this book, the philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy examines the nature of catastrophes in the era of globalization and technology. Can a catastrophe be an isolated occurrence? Is there such a thing as a After Fukushima. The Equivalence of Catastrophes, trans. Charlotte Mandell, New York: Fordham University Press, 2014, 2015, ARG. (English). 2 Introduction Most existing analyses of the 3/11 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster have focused on country-level failures, such as Japan's nuclear regulatory structures,1 insufficient disaster preparedness at both organizational and technical levels,2 and even culture.3 While many organizational and technical failings did become manifestly obvious as the crisis unfolded,4 there are considerable reasons to

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