Beyond the Mushroom Cloud
Author | : Yuki Miyamoto |
Publisher | : Fordham Univ Press |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2012 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780823240500 |
ISBN-13 | : 0823240509 |
Rating | : 4/5 (509 Downloads) |
Download or read book Beyond the Mushroom Cloud written by Yuki Miyamoto and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph explores the ethics and religious sensibilities of a group of the hibakusha (survivors) of 1945's atomic bombings. To this end, the methodology Miyamoto employs is moral hermeneutics, interpreting testimonies, public speeches, and films as texts, with interlocutors such as Avishai Margalit (philosopher), Sueki Fumihiko (Buddhist philosopher), Nagai Takashi (lay Catholic thinker), and Shinran (the founder of True Pure Land Buddhism). --from publisher description.