01:358:205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Kamila Shamsie, Nuclear Weapon, Japanese Nationalism
29 Oct 2018
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People want to make sure the apocalypse starts/that they are there for the apocalypse. What it means to define yourself in terms of either a religion or a nation. Start the book knowing that someone will die. Ideal place not available, ended up dropping the bomb close to mountains (contained the explosion somewhat) Nagasaki was not even in the top 5 of proposed cities to attack. How to understand that idea in this circumstances. Plane afterwards - emergency landing, only 5 more minutes of fuel left. Thought they wouldn"t get bombed because nagasaki has one of the largest catholic populations in japan. Muslims vs. hindus (sajjad - not about religion, but location) Division - disrupt the way we"re locked into old plans. On that day - if you"re not in the state, you"re not a citizen. Hauz khas: hiroko sees something that reminds her of konrad"s shadow on the building and is still able to be polita.
