1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465560903321

Autore

Mahrouse Gada

Titolo

Conflicted commitments : race, privilege, and power in transnational solidarity activism / / Gada Mahrouse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montréal, Québec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7735-9208-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Disciplina

302/.14

Soggetti

Solidarity

Humanitarianism - Political aspects

Social justice - Political aspects

Race - Social aspects

Race relations

Power (Social sciences)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction: Passport or Carte Blanche? On Race, Privilege, and Power in Transnational Solidarity Activism""; ""1 Whiteness and the Divergent Responses to Rachel Corrie�s Death""; ""2 The CPT Kidnapping: Citizenship, Sexuality, and the Racialized “Politics of Life�""; ""3 The Compelling Story of the First-World Activist in the War Zone""; ""4 Race-conscious Transnational Activists with Cameras: Mediators of Compassion""

""5 Conflicted Commitments: The “Fine Line Between Advocacy and Imperialism�""""6 “Split Affinities�: Gender and Sexual Violence in Solidarity Movements""; ""7 Liberal Universalism and Pragmatism: Implications for Decolonizing Solidarity""; ""Afterword: Solidarity Tourism and the Depoliticization of Activism""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455072603321

Titolo

Exploring the origin, extent, and future of life : philosophical, ethical, and theological perspectives / / edited by Constance M. Bertka [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009

ISBN

0-511-84751-3

1-107-19682-5

0-511-65178-3

0-511-63256-8

0-511-63135-9

0-511-80650-7

0-511-63376-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 324 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge astrobiology ; ; 4

Disciplina

576.8/3

Soggetti

Exobiology

Life - Origin - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Astrobiology in a societal context / Constance M. Bertka -- Emergence and the experimental pursuit of the origin of life / Robert M. Hazen -- From Aristotle to Darwin, to Freeman Dyson : changing definitions of life viewed in a historical context / James E. Strick -- Philosophical aspects of the origin-of-life problem : the emergence of life and the nature of science / Iris Fry -- The origin of terrestrial life : a Christian perspective / Ernan McMullin -- The alpha and the omega : reflections on the origin and future of life from the perspective of Christian theology and ethics / Celia Deane-Drummond -- A biologist's guide to the solar system / Lynn J. Rothschild -- The quest for habitable worlds and life beyond the solar system / Carl B. Pilcher and Jack J. Lissauer -- A historical perspective on the extent and search for life / Steven J. Dick -- The search for extraterrestrial life : epistemology, ethics, and worldviews / Mark Lupisella -- The implications of discovering extraterrestrial life : different searches, different issues / Margaret S.



Race -- God, evolution, and astrobiology / Cynthia S.W. Crysdale -- Planetary ecosynthesis on Mars : restoration ecology and environmental ethics / Christopher P. McKay -- The trouble with intrinsic value : an ethical primer for astrobiology / Kelly C. Smith -- God's preferential option for life : a Christian perspective on astrobiology / Richard O. Randolph -- Comparing stories about the origin, extent, and future of life : an Asian religious perspective / Francisca Cho.

Sommario/riassunto

Where did we come from? Are we alone? Where are we going? These are the questions that define the field of astrobiology. New discoveries about life on Earth, the increasing numbers of extrasolar planets being identified, and the technologies being developed to locate and characterize Earth-like planets around other stars are continually challenging our views of nature and our connection to the rest of the universe. In this book, philosophers, historians, ethicists, and theologians provide the perspectives of their fields on the research and discoveries of astrobiology. A valuable resource for graduate students and researchers, the book provides an introduction to astrobiology, and explores subjects such as the implications of current origin of life research, the possible discovery of extraterrestrial microbial life, and the possibility of altering the environment of Mars.