{"product_id":"9780262052856","title":"Nuclear Remains: On Temporalities, Responsibilities, and Values","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eSarac-Lesavre, Basak\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ethnography of U.S. nuclear waste policy, and how to understand contemporary societies’ attempts to establish “good” relations with the future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContemporary societies are often criticized for their incapacity to account for the long term. \u003ci\u003eNuclear Remains\u003c\/i\u003e asks what happens when a society decides to think long term—examining the US efforts to hold present and distant futures together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing on the case of the US nuclear waste program, Başak Saraç-Lesavre argues that no temporal orientation is inherently ethical; what matters is how temporal orientations construed as desirable get translated into action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo analyze how concerned actors seek to establish “good” relations between past, present, and future, Saraç-Lesavre introduces the problem of rendez-vous framework—tracing how temporal gaps are identified and resolutions formulated and inscribed in different forms of arrangements. Her multisited ethnographic research takes readers from Congressional debates over funding—to reconcile accountability to and immunity from politics—to Carlsbad, New Mexico, where local actors have been trying to keep their community attached to nuclear futures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver time, these arrangements face tests. They are barely ever considered au rendez-vous when meeting contemporary conditions, yet they produce significant effects: material, economic, political, and moral relations, and ultimately, societies themselves. This framework applies broadly to cases where temporal relations are at stake: climate change adaptation, government of commons, pension schemes, energy transition, and care systems.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47189090795775,"sku":"9780262052856","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780262052856_s600x595.jpg?v=1780335986","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780262052856","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}