‘Victimization’ and ‘Infliction’ Concerning the Location of Nuclear Plants: A Case Study of the Planned Nuclear Power Plant in Wyhl, Oberrhein, Germany

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  • 原子力施設立地をめぐる「被害」と「加害」――ドイツ・ヴィール原発建設計画の事例から――
  • ゲンシリョク シセツ リッチ オ メグル 「 ヒガイ 」 ト 「 カガイ 」 : ドイツ ・ ヴィール ゲンパツ ケンセツ ケイカク ノ ジレイ カラ

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<p>Research concerning victimization and infliction in environmental sociology has focused mainly on the first order of the subject: “what kind of victimization people suffer” and “how the victimization occurs”. This paper re-examines victimization and infliction from the altered perspective of the second order: “how people observe and communicate types of victimization” and “how they observe and explain the causes of victimization”, focusing on the relationship with protest movements.</p><p>The case study of a protest movement against a proposed nuclear power plant at Wyhl in the Oberrhein region of Germany demonstrates the following two facts: (1) Opponents of the planned nuclear power station interpreted it with reference to their common memories of past victimization. (2) Opponents of the power plant envisaged the plant, not as a risk of their own making, but as a danger brought about by someone else. The people of Oberrhein have repeatedly suffered bitter experiences where they have been placed in danger by the perceived unfair decisions of the central government. Because of the accumulation of such bitter memories, they suspected that suffering and damage lay behind, what they saw as, the pseudo-merits of the planned nuclear power plant. Based on that recognition, they mobilized ‘the story of resistances’, a shared memory of the people of Oberrhein, in order to develop their protest movement.</p><p>In addition, with regard to the current situation, where it is acknowledged that some people support the construction of nuclear power plants, this paper highlights the importance of understanding that the constructed concept of ‘victimization’ encompasses a wide range of meaning, and it is this very breadth of meaning, which enables people to organize protest movements.</p>

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