1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910141795503321

Autore

Bainton Nicholas A.

Titolo

The Lihir destiny : cultural responses to mining in Melanesia / / Nicholas A. Bainton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : , : Australian National University E Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-921666-84-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations (some colour); digital file(s)

Collana

Asia-Pacific Environment Monographs ; ; 5

Disciplina

995.0049912

Soggetti

Papuans - Social life and customs

Lihirians - Social life and customs

Lihir (Papua New Guinean people) - Social life and customs

Mineral industries - Social aspects - Papua New Guinea - Lihir Islands

Lihir Islands (Papua New Guinea) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

The people of the Lihir Islands in Papua New Guinea have long held visions of a prosperous new future, often referred to by local leaders as the ‘Lihir Destiny’. When large-scale gold mining activities commenced on the main island of Lihir in 1995, many hoped that this new world had finally arrived. The Lihir Destiny provides a nuanced account of the social structural and cultural transformations engendered by large-scale resource extraction. Tracing the history of Lihirian engagement with outside forces, from the colonial period through to recent mining activities, this book brings new light to bear on the bigger question of what ‘development’ means in contemporary Melanesia. The Lihir Destiny explores how Lihirian leaders devised future plans for a cultural revolution based upon the maximisation of mining activities and the influential philosophies of the Personal Viability movement. However, reaching the ‘Lihir Destiny’ is no simple affair, and many Lihirians find themselves negotiating divergent formulations of culture, sociality and economic engagement. The Lihir Destiny will appeal to readers interested in the social impacts of large-scale resource development,



the processes of cultural continuity and change and the ways in which modernity is configured in local terms.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787486803321

Autore

Dartnell Michael Y (Michael York)

Titolo

Insurgency online : Web activism and global conflict / / Michael Y. Dartnell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2012

©2006

ISBN

1-4426-5807-X

1-4426-2734-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Collana

Digital Futures

Classificazione

AP 18420

Disciplina

303.48/4

Soggetti

Internet - Political aspects

Internet - Social aspects

World Wide Web - Political aspects

World Wide Web - Social aspects

Subversive activities

Political activists

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Insurgency online and conflict in the global-scape -- Insurgency online as networking: IRSM Web activism -- Insurgency online as global witnessing: the Web activism of RAWA -- Insurgency online as media relay: the Web activism of the MRTA -- Conclusion: Web activism, a messenger that shapes perceptions.

Sommario/riassunto

In Insurgency Online, Michael Dartnell focuses on a new form of conflict made possible by global communications. The Internet, Dartnell argues, is affecting extensive changes to the way politics are carried out, by inserting a range of non-state actors onto the global political stage. He demonstrates that Web activism raises issues about the



organization of societies and the distribution of power and contends that the development of online activism has far-reaching social and political implications, with parallels to the influence of the invention of the printing press, the telegraph, and the radio.Dartnell concentrates on Web activists who use the Net as a media tool, distinguishing this use from information terrorism, which threatens or harasses through 'hacking' or electronic sabotage. Using the examples of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), which opposed the Taliban, the Peruvian Movimento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA) and its campaign against the Fujimori government, and the Irish Republican Socialist Movement (IRSM), Dartnell evaluates the political implications and general character of Web activism among non-state actors. Insurgency Online shows that online activism is a ripe, new territory for non-governmental actors to raise awareness and develop support around the world.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910544849203321

Titolo

The Palgrave Handbook of Sexual Ethics / / edited by David Boonin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

9783030877866

9783030877859

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (539 pages)

Disciplina

176.4

176

Soggetti

Ethics

Psychobiology

Human behavior

Criminal behavior

Sex

Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics

Behavioral Neuroscience

Criminal Behavior

Gender Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: Sex, Ethics, and Philosophy -- 2. The Metaphysical Foundations of Sexual Morality -- 3. The Ethics of Sexual Pleasure -- 4. The Ethical Significance of Being an Erotic Object -- 5. Kant and Arendt on the Challenges of Good Sex and the Temptations of Bad Sex -- 6. Sexual Jealousy and Sexual Infidelity -- 7. Sexual Use, Sexual Autonomy, and Adaptive Preferences: A Social Approach to Sexual Objectification -- 8. Masturbation and the Problem of Irrational and Immoral Sexual Activity -- 9. Virgin vs. Chad: On Enforced Monogamy as a Solution to the Incel Problem -- 10. The Ethics of Cohabitation -- 11. Why Is Sexual Assault Special?: Transactional Sex and Sacred Intuitions -- 12. Deception and Sexual Harassment -- 13. Homosexuality, Bestiality, and Necrophilia -- 14. The Immorality of Premarital Sexual Abstinence -- 15. Sexual Autonomy and Sexual Consent -- 16. Enthusiastic Consent to Sex -- 17. On the Sufficiency of Sexual Consent -- 18. Bad Sex and Consent -- 19. “Respect Women”: Thinking Beyond Consent After #MeToo -- 20. Should Statutory Rape be a Crime? -- 21. Sexual Consent, Dementia, and Well-Being -- 22. Exploitation and Sexual Consent -- 23. A Solution to the Problem of Rape by Fraud -- 24. Sexual Racism -- 25. Racialized Sexual Discrimination: A Moral Right or Morally Wrong? -- 26. Sexual Ableism: Is Sex Work the Best Solution? -- 27. Sexual Exclusion -- 28. Sex and Technology: From Tinder to Robot Sex -- 29. College Party Hook Ups: Consent, Apps, and Double Standards -- 30. #MeToo and the Ethics of Doxing Sexual Transgressors -- 31. Naughty Fantasies (With a New Postscript Including Sex Robots).

Sommario/riassunto

The Palgrave Handbook of Sexual Ethics is a comprehensive collection of recent research on the ethics of sexual behavior, representing a wide range of perspectives. It addresses a number of traditional subjects in the area, including questions about pre-marital, extra-marital, non-heterosexual, and non-procreative sex, and about the nature and significance of sexual consent, sexual desire, and sexual activity, as well as a variety of more recent topics, including sexual racism, sexual ableism, sex robots, and the #metoo response to sexual harassment. Each chapter defends a substantive thesis about the topic it addresses and the handbook as a whole thereby provides a strong foundation for future research in this important and growing field of inquiry. David Boonin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder. He received his B.A. from Yale University and his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of seven books on topics including abortion, punishment, race, and our obligations to past and future generations. .