Fr. 136.00

World Otherwise - Environmental Praxis in Minamata

English · Hardback

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This book explores the philosophies and actions of a group called Hongan no kai, comprised of mercury poisoning sufferers and their supporters in Minamata, Japan. While depicting their plights, Yuki Miyamoto unpacks the ways they wrestle with tragedy in their community as well as their vision of "a world otherwise" (janaka shaba).

List of contents










Chapter 1: Janaka Shaba or A World Otherwise
Chapter 2: Modernization, Mercury, and Minamata
Chapter 3: The World of the Minamata Fishers: Forgiveness, Gift (nosari), and the Sugimoto Family
Chapter 4: Before Good and Evil: Ogata Masato on Spirit/Tamashii
Chapter 5: Literature of Dystopia: Ishimure Michiko and the Fragile Power of the Precariousness
Chapter 6: Genius Loci and the Discourse of Home
Chapter 7: Hongan no Kai and Spiritual Praxis as an Environmental Ethics


About the author










Yuki Miyamoto is associate professor at DePaul University.


Summary

This book explores the philosophies and actions of a group called Hongan no kai, comprised of mercury poisoning sufferers and their supporters in Minimata, Japan. While depicting their plights, Yuki Miyamoto unpacks the ways they wrestle with tragedy in their community as well as their vision of “a world otherwise” (janaka shaba).

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