Contributors; About the Authors; Chapter-1; Twist to Evil-An Introduction to Different Views on Catastrophes; References; Chapter-2; The Great East Japan Earthquake in the Context of Historical Catastrophes in Japan; 2.1 Preference; 2.2 Catastrophes in Japan up to the Last Century; 2.2.1 Great Natural Disasters in Japan (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University 2011); 2.2.1.1 Volcanic Eruptions; 2.2.1.2 Earthquakes and Tsunamis; 2.2.1.3 Typhoons; 2.2.2 The Second World War as a Human-Generated Catastrophe; 2.3 The Great East Japan Earthquake
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2.3.1 Disaster in the 'Sanriku' Coastal Area (Yoshimura 2004)2.3.2 Disaster Resulting from an Earthquake; 2.3.2.1 Damages Caused by an Earthquake and Tsunami; 2.3.2.2 Accident at a Nuclear Reactor as a Secondary Disaster (Takada 2011 Fuchigami et al. 2012); 2.4 Disasters and the Japanese Mentality; 2.4.1 Disasters and the Popular Mind (The Association to Compile Modern and Current History 2012 Aida 1972); 2.4.2 Recovery from a Catastrophe (Kitahara 2006 Kitahara et al. 2012 Yasuda 2013); 2.4.3 Wisdom Derived from Disasters to Reduce the Impact of Natural Disaster (Okubo 2012)
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2.4.4 Future Outlook Following the Great East Japan Earthquake2.4.4.1 Recovery After the Great East Japan Earthquake (The Situation as of March 2014) (Shioya 2013); 2.4.4.2 The Future of Fukushima; References; Chapter-3; No "German-Jewish Dialogue"? On Gershom Scholem's Concept of Jewish Totality as the Cornerstone for Cultural Resilience; 3.1 Introduction: "Remember!"; 3.2 Gershom Scholem and the Question of Jewish (Intellectual) Substance; 3.3 Overcoming Gershom Scholem; Chapter-4; Jewish Life in Camps after 1945. Displaced Persons Camps in the US Zone of Germany
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4.1 Phenomenon Displaced Persons4.2 Jewish Displaced Persons in the US Zone of Germany; 4.3 Local Spatial Characteristics of Jewish DP Camps; 4.4 Zeilsheim; 4.5 Lampertheim; 4.6 Babenhausen; 4.7 Dieburg; 4.8 Jewish DPs in the Perception of Rural Population; 4.9 Commemorative Culture; Chapter-5; The Nakba-Flight and Expulsion of the Palestinians in 1948; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Early History; 5.3 Modern History; 5.4 1948; 5.5 Nakba in Israel; 5.6 The Refugees; 5.7 Nakba in Germany; 5.8 Summary; Chapter-6; From Dinosaurs and Humans-Geology and Catastrophes
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6.1 First Example: The Great Earthquake in Lisbon and the Age of Enlightenment6.2 Geology in Time and Space; 6.3 Geology Tools; 6.4 Geology and Cataclysms; 6.5 Second Example: A Volcanic Eruption and Manifold Consequences-The Tambora Eruption 1815; 6.6 Geology and Modern Society; References; Chapter-7; Dangerous Water in the Land of the Economic Miracle-Hamburg's Flood Disaster in February 1962; 7.1 A Terrible Experience; 7.2 Religious Interpretations and Cultural Criticism; 7.3 West German Nation-Building; 7.4 Memories of War and the Militarization of Disaster; 7.5 A Technocratic Momentum
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In this book natural scientists, engineers, physicians as well as historians and social scientists define and describe geo-hazards and associated technical disasters, natural disasters as a business case, medicine and its catastrophes as well as after war aspects of the Shoah, and thé catastrophé for Palestinians related to the happiness of Jews celebrating their new State of Israel. Scientific disciplines have their own view on catastrophes. In this book they discuss Gershom Scholeḿs Concept of Jewish Totality and describe the situation of Displaced Persons in Germany as well as the Nakba in 1948. They evaluate risk and opportunities from the insurance viewpoint and remind us of Hamburǵs Flood Disaster in 1962 as well as the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. The book also includes other historical catastrophes in Japan, the Lisbon earthquake in 1755 and the Age of Enlightenment, and the eruption of the Tambora in 1815 followed by 'The year without summer'