There is a dual nature to nuclear weapons; they are new and different from all other
weapons, but also are instruments of annihilation/genocide. At the same time they are seen as part
of our every day life and seen by leaders as not so different from conventional weapons.
I’ve written about the imagery of extinction, that we could extinguish ourselves as a
species by our own hand. our own technology and for no purpose. What is new is the imagery has
been taken into religious hands. The very threat is the fear of human futurelessness. This affects
for and against our policies toward nuclear weapons. We can see the government becoming more
belligerent or aggressive in order to deny that threat.
Nuclearism is the exaggerated embrace of the weapons – the weapons become near
deities.
In outlining their developmental, or “life course,” approach, Sampson and Laub critique
sociological criminology’s research tradition of privileging the adolescent and adult
experiences......

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Title: Nuclear Weapons
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