Beyond the Mushroom Cloud: Commemoration, Religion, and Responsibility After Hiroshima

Author/Contributor(s):	Miyamoto, Yuki
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Date:	12/02/2011
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

This monograph explores the ethics and religious sensibilities of a group of the hibakusha (survivors) of 1945's atomic bombings. Unfortunately, their ethic of "not retaliation, but reconciliation" has not been much known, perhaps obscured by the mushroom cloud. However, it is worth examining their philosophy, as it could offer resources to reconcile the contested issues of public memories, especially in the post 9-11 era.