- 著者
- Tanaka Takanobu
- 雑誌
- 人文研究 (ISSN:04913329)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.51, no.4, pp.431-447, 1999-12
I Introduction : Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-44) has an overall "design," a grand unifying theme. This is the theme of selfishness and all its fruits and is loudly enunciated by old Martin and the narrator at the end of the first monthly number. Many critics such as J. Hillis Miller and Steven Marcus read the novel as centered around this theme, and regard old Martin as a sort of "human providence." Stuart Curran, arguing that the myth of the loss of Eden is central to the whole idea of the novel, identifies him with the "stern Deity of the Old Testament, the God of Truth." Old Martin restores justice and order, and brings a happy ending. This reading can be reviewed from a different perspective, that is, the father-son relationship when we notice old Martin is a patriarch. In fact, the theme is itself developed as centered around such relationships as old Martin and his grandson young Martin, Anthony Chuzzlewit and his son Jonas, Tom Pinch and his "father" Pecksniff, and Tom and his new father-figure old Martin after he knows Pecksniff's true character. ……
- 著者
- 田中 孝宜 TANAKA Takanobu
- 出版者
- 名古屋大学大学院国際開発研究科
- 雑誌
- 国際開発研究フォーラム (ISSN:13413732)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.38, pp.137-156, 2009-03-24
This paper examines the issue of international cooperation in the field of disaster preparedness/reduction by looking into Japan’s assistance to the disaster struck countries after the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in 2004. The objectives of this research are to put in order the theoretical frameworks of international assistance in disaster risk management and by applying the framework to evaluate the effectiveness of Japan’s assistance. Disaster risk management is a continuous process of relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction, disaster reduction and preparedness. However it is usually the relief efforts that catch people’s attention with global media coverage and it is emergency response that international assistance mainly focuses on. As time passes and memories of disaster fade away, international assistance also fades away. Japan with its knowledge and experience of disaster risk management started its term assistance to countries around the Indian Ocean with the overall goal on building better prepared societies to reduce damage and the number of victims in case of future disasters. By examining the activities of JICA, Japan International Cooperation Agency, this paper argues the importance of such cooperation. International cooperation for disaster preparedness/reduction has only a short history with little past academic investigation. Therefore this paper also seeks to clarify the issues and challenges of such assistance.