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Asia Europe Journal 11, 1 (2013) 65-78

Thinking after Fukushima. Epistemic shift in social sciences

Alain-Marc Rieu 1

(01/03/2013)

The Fukushima catastrophe is a turning point in the conception, role and management of technology in industrial societies. As did Hiroshima (on another dimension) after 1945, the Fukushima's nuclear accident questions and transforms established conceptions and values concerning the relations between technology, politics, industry, society and the environment. It has become impossible to think after Fukushima as we did before. This catastrophe initiates a major epistemic and conceptual shift with long-term consequences. This paper focuses on a powerful conceptual complex associating the notions of risk, trust and knowledge society. This complex associates discourses, theories and policies. The objective is to criticize this conceptual complex in order to explore how to rethink after Fukushima the relations between technology, politics, industry and society.

1 :	Institut d'Asie Orientale (IAO)
	CNRS : UMR5062 – Université Lumière - Lyon II – École Normale Supérieure - Lyon

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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Science politique Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Sciences de l'information et de la communication

Mots Clés : Japan – Fukushima – power – trust – risk – knowledge society – science and technology policies – nuclear energy – utilities companies – democratic control – political institutions

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