This paper looks into clashes between social forces for and against nuclear technol- ogy in Japan after the Tohoku earthquake. It analyses the social constructs, in which ‘pure sci- ence’ is embedded, and the conditions that enable society's current avoidance of a truly scientific understanding of the situation. Finally, it points out the limitations of purposive consciousness.

Rethinking purposive consciousness: An analysis of sceptical fanaticism after Fukushima

HIROFUMI UTSUMI
2014-01-01

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This paper looks into clashes between social forces for and against nuclear technol- ogy in Japan after the Tohoku earthquake. It analyses the social constructs, in which ‘pure sci- ence’ is embedded, and the conditions that enable society's current avoidance of a truly scientific understanding of the situation. Finally, it points out the limitations of purposive consciousness.
2014
Rethinking Nature in Contemporary Japan: Science, Economics, Politics
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