"Life-World": beyond Fukushima and Minamata

The human and ecological disasters of Minamata and Fukushima highlight Japan's need to plan for a sustainable future. Ogata Masato, a Minamata fisherman, through his philosophy of “life-world” suggests that this quest for a sustainable future requires a change in the epistemology of social scie...

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Main Author: Yoneyama, Shōko (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2013
In: Asian perspective
Year: 2013, Volume: 37, Issue: 4, Pages: 567-592
Further subjects:B Nature
B Animism
B Japan
B Environmental catastrophe
B Sustainable development
B Style of life
B Philosophy