Bio-Politics over Radiation

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_267
dc.contributor.author	Nobuo Kazashi
dc.title	Bio-Politics over Radiation. From Hiroshima, Chernobyl to Fukushima
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	‘Bio-politics’, according to Foucault, concerns natural environment and bodies, which are both ‘ungovernable.’ Problems regarding radiation risk are typical problems of governability; radiation can contaminate the whole environment and can eventually damage genes and destroy the self-reproductive capacity of biological bodies. Since radiation can be neither seen nor sensed, problems relating to the so-called ‘radiation exposure safety level’ become political problems concerning the scientific construction of invisible reality and the definition of its meanings for human health. We shed light on the concrete ways bio-politics operates in the nuclear age, running through from Hiroshima, Chernobyl to Fukushima, with an eye to justice as the security of biological bodies.
dc.relation.ispartof	Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2017-05-25
dc.dateAccepted	2016-12-09
dc.dateSubmitted	2016-03-08
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-153-9/bio-politics-over-radiation/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/6969-152-2/CFJS-5-9
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8976
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9395
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-153-9
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-152-2
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Bio-Politics
dc.subject	Bio-Politics
dc.subject	Justice
dc.subject	Justice
dc.subject	Radiation
dc.subject	Radiation
dc.subject	Risk
dc.subject	Risk
dc.subject	Safety Level
dc.subject	Safety Level

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Bio-Politics over Radiation

From Hiroshima, Chernobyl to Fukushima

Kazashi Nobuo Kobe University

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‘Bio-politics’, according to Foucault, concerns natural environment and bodies, which are both ‘ungovernable.’ Problems regarding radiation risk are typical problems of governability; radiation can contaminate the whole environment and can eventually damage genes and destroy the self-reproductive capacity of biological bodies. Since radiation can be neither seen nor sensed, problems relating to the so-called ‘radiation exposure safety level’ become political problems concerning the scientific construction of invisible reality and the definition of its meanings for human health. We shed light on the concrete ways bio-politics operates in the nuclear age, running through from Hiroshima, Chernobyl to Fukushima, with an eye to justice as the security of biological bodies.

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Dec. 9, 2016

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March 8, 2016

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978-88-6969-153-9

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Keywords: Radiation • Bio-Politics • Justice • Risk • Safety Level

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