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Lesebuch "Fukushima". Übersetzungen, Kommentare, Essays

Cover of the Lesebuch "Fukushima" (Design Lisette Gebhardt, Rainer Kuhl)

The “Fukushima Reader” is comprised of twenty essays which originated through the examination of Japanese sources within
the framework of the internet project Textinitiative Fukushima. The textual study produced a series of translations of important
contemporary documents which can now be presented in this book. Additionally, the “Reader” includes interviews with activists
and artists as well as reports and analyses related to the debate surrounding the aftermath of the catastrophic earthquake andto the “System Japan” which, as called for by numerous voices, must be subject to review. The essays are divided into fourchapters. The first section is dedicated to the introduction of nuclear energy in Japan and highlights the contemporary
preconditions as well as the working conditions in the nuclear power plants. Chapter two considers representations of the topic“Fukushima” in literature, film, theatre and the medium of photography. The third chapter addresses the multiple instances ofmedia manipulation and the potential of enlightenment through the media, while the final section looks into the apparently
increased wish for political participation and presents demonstrations and other forms of protest. The volume offers detailed
insights into the arguments of representatives of critical journalism, the media strategies of the Japanese nuclear energy lobby
and the attitude of Japanese citizens in relation to nuclear energy. Investigations undertaken from the perspective of politicalscience provide insights of a “post-Fukushima nationalism”, while an approach based on philosophy and the history of ideas
highlights the role of intellectuals in paving the way on issues of Japan’s ideological orientation and its democratic
development. Furthermore, analyses from the field of cultural and literary studies offer information about artistic excursions
into the crisis zone, give narrative access to the lives of those in emergency accommodation in the northeast and to themotives of those who volunteered in the catastrophe area as well as presenting fictional considerations regarding Japan’sfuture. The “Reader” will be published by EB-Verlag, Berlin on the 17th of July and is aimed at readers who wish to familiarise
themselves with Japanese views and debates.
Gebhardt, Lisette and Richter, Steffi (eds.): Lesebuch "Fukushima".
Übersetzungen, Kommentare, Essays (will be published on 17th of July 2013)
Berlin: EB-Verlag, 443 pages
ISBN 978-3-86893-118-1
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