This paper studies the phenomenon of fictionalizing terrorism as a literary response to the violence paradigm within nuclear narrative from the perspective of nuclear awareness formation as a critical thinking product about the nuclear energy related issues within the Nuclear Anthropocene. Focusing on James Reich’s Bombshell (2013), the paper goes beyond literary critical analysis of exploring the ways of fictionalizing the sociopolitical and psychic motives and ideas behind an act of terrorism. The paper highlights the factual component of the literary figurations of terrorism and terrorist activities in nuclear fiction, which is regarded here not only as a factor of weakening the apocalyptic rhetoric of nuclear narrative by transforming its “fabulously textual” nature, but mainly as a trigger of shaping public awareness and knowledge management on nuclear history and nuclear industry with a view to considering the possible patters of nuclear terrorism within the contemporary nuclear agenda.
The premises of the US "nuclear" literature formation within the comminity's interest in the scientific achievements in the field of radioactive studies at the beginning of the XXth century are under study on the example of novel "Alexander's Bridge" by W. Cather. Two editional versions of the novel (1912 and 1922) are under consideration, the analysis of which enables the process of studying the transformations of her "novel about a disaster" to "a scientific drama", including the elements of describing pastoral landscapes next to the images of urban areas in the novel.The emphasis is made on the premises of how W. Cather's "nuclear" narrative, represented by her novel "Alexander's Bridge" not only laid the foundations of the US "nuclear" literature, which partially launched the initial stage of "nuclear" identity formation, defined as a set of statements and ideas about self-determination in the context of national and world nuclear politics -"identity's significance in terms of national nuclear ambitions", but also became the impulse for the subsequent interaction of fundamental disciples and humanities.
Searching for identity has never been straightforward -not at any time nor at any place. Our doctoral program "Searching for Identity: Global Challenges, Local Traditions" did not defi ne a priori the concept of identity, nor the meaning of searching for it. Despite these doubts, our joints eff orts and searches, discussions and disputes, proved to be helpful in building our research project. That is why for the topic of my fi nal refl ection I chose my own experience in searching for the identity of a nation, specifi cally the Polish nation. I wish to explain how I have reached a systemic conceptualization of the matter -and what results from it.National identity is sometimes understood as belonging -that is, a feeling of participation within a community that is a nation. Members would thus accept their national identity from the community -regardless of whether ethnic-natural roots are posited for the nation's identity, or if the community was simply imagined. These identities are accepted and imagined in diverse ways, depending on the changing circumstances, and scientifi c disciplines have developed diff ering approaches to the matter 1 According to Edgar Morin, "Le terme de dialogique veut dire que deux ou plusieurs logique, deux principes sont unis sans que la dualité se perde dans cette unite."
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