2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Japanese Scientists and Pugwash : A Transnational History of the Nuclear Age
| Project/Area Number |
20730121
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
International relations
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| Research Institution | Fukushima University (2010-2011)
Nishogakusha University (2008-2009) |
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Principal Investigator |
KUROSAKI Akira 福島大学, 行政政策学類, 准教授 (00302068)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2011
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| Keywords | 国際政治史 |
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| Research Abstract |
The fear of the nuclear arms race and nuclear war pervaded the world during the Cold War. Under such circumstances, a Japanese scientists' group led by Hideki Yukawa, Sin-itiro Tomonaga and Shoichi Sakata tirelessly appealed the abolition of war and nuclear weapons and criticized the theory of nuclear deterrence in the Japanese society as well as in a transnational scientists' organization, Pugwash. Inquiring into the Japanese group's activities from a transnational perspective, this study reveals that the group challenged the intellectual hegemony of the theory of nuclear deterrence in Pugwash and created an anti-nuclear logic with universal appeal, presenting it inside and outside Japan.
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