Health and Structural Violence in Colonial Indochina

This article addresses the question of whether structural violence had a demonstrable impact upon the health outcomes of the indigenous population of colonial Indochina, specifically during the 1930s. The article comparatively examines the situation of the European and Indochinese populations with respect to the per capita availability of financial resources for health care, medical facilities, and health workers. It then comparatively examines the case fatality rates for thirteen different medical conditions, infant mortality, and the 1937-1938 cholera epidemic. The article argues that given the superior access to health care enjoyed by the European population and the demonstrably more negative health outcomes of the Indochinese population, structural violence did play a role in generating those comparatively more negative health outcomes for the Indochinese population

NAGAI TAKASHI AND THE MEANING OF SUFFERING

本論文は，長崎に対する原子爆弾攻撃の生存者である永井隆博士が，原爆の結果もたらされた多くの死と苦難の意味をどのように理解したかを説明する。宗教学の理論的概念，つまり宗教が世界の苦難と死を説明する方法に基づき，本論文は，永井が，原爆により長崎において引き起こされた死と破壊に関し，一個人としてやむにやまれぬ説明を構築する目的で，カトリックの神義論をどのように用い，適用したかを説明する