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

Bergmann, Sigurd, 1956- (Added Author). Sager, Tore. (Added Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780754688150
ISBN: 0754688151
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 275 pages) : illustrations.
Publisher: Aldershot, England ; Ashgate, ©2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions: NLC students and staff only. Access restricted by subscription.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.