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

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Author

Editor

  • Henrik Rahm

Summary, in English

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.

Department/s

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

109-124

Publication/Series

Årsbok

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund

Topic

  • Religious Studies

Keywords

  • Nuclear semiotics
  • nuclear waste
  • Phoenician
  • Eshmunazar
  • Eshmunazor
  • Thomas Sebeok
  • atomic priesthood
  • Indo-European
  • Hebrew Bible
  • Old Testament
  • Unleavened bread
  • horse sacrifice
  • dragons

Status

Published

Project

  • Ancient texts in ancient tongues - nuclear waste and future knowledge

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0349-053X
  • ISBN: 978-91-980551-4-6