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Don't Push This Button : Phoenician Sarcophagi, Atomic Priesthoods and Nuclear Waste

Wikander, Ola LU (2015) In Årsbok p.109-124
Abstract
The article discusses the impact of historical sciences, classical philology and religious studies on the field of “Nuclear Semiotics”, the scholarly discussion concerning communicating information about nuclear waste disposal into the far future. The author uses examples such as a Phoenician funerary inscription, the Antikythera Mechanism, ancient water power, and the reconstruction of mythology to shed light on problems inherent in such communication, especially in schemes such as Thomas Sebeok’s idea of a pseudo-religious “Atomic Priesthood” that would perpetuate the tradition about stored nuclear waste. The article also aims at pointing out some ways in which the “nuclear waste question” can make historians view their own field in new... (More)
The article discusses the impact of historical sciences, classical philology and religious studies on the field of “Nuclear Semiotics”, the scholarly discussion concerning communicating information about nuclear waste disposal into the far future. The author uses examples such as a Phoenician funerary inscription, the Antikythera Mechanism, ancient water power, and the reconstruction of mythology to shed light on problems inherent in such communication, especially in schemes such as Thomas Sebeok’s idea of a pseudo-religious “Atomic Priesthood” that would perpetuate the tradition about stored nuclear waste. The article also aims at pointing out some ways in which the “nuclear waste question” can make historians view their own field in new ways. (Less)
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Nuclear semiotics, nuclear waste, Phoenician, Eshmunazar, Eshmunazor, Thomas Sebeok, atomic priesthood, Indo-European, Hebrew Bible, Old Testament, Unleavened bread, horse sacrifice, dragons
host publication
Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund. Årsbok 2015
series title
Årsbok
editor
Rahm, Henrik
pages
109 - 124
publisher
Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund
ISSN
0349-053X
ISBN
978-91-980551-4-6
project
Ancient texts in ancient tongues - nuclear waste and future knowledge
language
English
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yes
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5ce3e0f3-572a-49c7-8daa-6dd0f0877e87 (old id 4882896)
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2016-04-01 13:58:47
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  author       = {{Wikander, Ola}},
  booktitle    = {{Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund. Årsbok 2015}},
  editor       = {{Rahm, Henrik}},
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  keywords     = {{Nuclear semiotics; nuclear waste; Phoenician; Eshmunazar; Eshmunazor; Thomas Sebeok; atomic priesthood; Indo-European; Hebrew Bible; Old Testament; Unleavened bread; horse sacrifice; dragons}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{109--124}},
  publisher    = {{Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund}},
  series       = {{Årsbok}},
  title        = {{Don't Push This Button : Phoenician Sarcophagi, Atomic Priesthoods and Nuclear Waste}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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