The ethics of mobilities : rethinking place, exclusion, freedom and environment / edited by Sigurd Bergmann, Tore Sager.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bergmann, Sigurd, 1956-

Sager, Tore.

Series:

Transport and society.

Transport and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human geography.

Liberty.

Migration, Internal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With this book the international academic discourse on mobility is taken a step further, through the intertwined perspectives of different social sciences, engineering and the humanities. The Ethics of Mobilities builds upon the recent interest in social surveillance, widening the theme to encompass a broad scale of questions, ranging from freedom and escape to social exclusion and control, thus raising important questions of ethics, identity and metaphysics.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Introduction: In Between Standstill and Hypermobility - Introductory Remarks to a Broader Discourse; PART I; 1 The Beauty of Speed or the Discovery of Slowness - Why Do We Need to Rethink Mobility?; 2 Mobility, Freedom and Public Space; 3 Automobility and the Driving Force of Warfare: From Public Safety to National Security; 4 Stranded Mobilities, Human Disasters: The Interaction of Mobility and Social Exclusion in Crisis Circumstances; 5 Gendered Mobility: A Case Study of Non-Western Immigrant Women in Norway

6 Mobility as Stress Regulation: A Challenge to Dialogue in Planning?7 Understanding Mobility Holistically: The Case of Hurricane Katrina; PART II; 8 Existential Homelessness - Placelessness and Nostalgia in the Age of Mobility; 9 From Sacred Place to an Existential Dimension of Mobility; 10 The Phenomenon of Mobility at the Frankfurt International Airport - Challenges from a Theological Perspective; 11 Religion, Mobility and Conflict; 12 The Desire for Speed and the Rhythm of the Earth; 13 The Ontology of Mobility, Morality and Transport Planning

14 Walk the Talk - Mobility, Climate Justice and the Churches15 Ecological Approaches to Mobile Machines and Environmental Ethics; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; K; M; O; P; R; S; T; U; V

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-315-61618-1

1-317-03379-5

1-317-03378-7

1-281-83402-5

9786611834029

0-7546-8815-1

9781315616186

OCLC:

567983740