World Otherwise - Environmental Praxis in Minamata

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).

Sommario

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

Info autore

Yuki Miyamoto is associate professor at DePaul University.

Riassunto

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).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Yuki Miyamoto, Miyamoto Yuki
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781793643605
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-360-5
• Pagine: 184
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Japan, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Health, illness & addiction: social aspects, Social & cultural anthropology, Asian History