Table of Contents
Contents: Introduction: in between standstill and hypermobility – introductory remarks to a broader discourse, Sigurd Bergmann and Tore Sager; Part I: The beauty of speed or the discovery of slowness – why do we need to rethink mobility? Sigurd Bergmann; Mobility, freedom, and public space, Mimi Sheller; Automobility and the driving force of warfare: from public safety to national security, Jeremy Packer; Stranded mobilities, human disasters: the interaction of mobility and social exclusion in crisis circumstances, Margaret Grieco and Julian Hine; Gendered mobility: a case study of non-Western immigrant women of Norway, Tanu Priya Uteng; Mobility as stress regulation: a challenge to dialogue in planning?, Tore Sager; Understanding mobility holistically: the case of Hurricane Katrina, Tim Cresswell. Part II: Existential homelessness – placelessness and nostalgia in the age of mobility, Juhani Pallasmaa; From sacred place to an existential dimension of mobility, Peter Nynäs; The phenomenon of mobility at the Frankfurt international airport – challenges from a theological perspective, Kerstin Söderblom; Religion, mobility and conflict, Elizabeth Pritchard; The desire for speed and the rhythm of the earth, Michael Northcott; The ontology of mobility, morality, and transport planning, Ullrich Zeitler; Walk the talk – mobility, climate justice and the churches, Jutta Steigerwald; Ecological approaches to mobile machines and environmental ethics, David Kronlid; Index.