Only human? : a worldly approach to security / Audra Mitchell.
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Security Dialogue Vol 45, No. 1, February 2014, pp. 5-21 (47)Summary: The tendency to focus on human aspects of security is too limited. Chemical, biological and nuclear weapons as well as man-made disasters pose threats to entire biosystems of which humans are only a part. This article discusses in philosophical terms the need for a different concept, and proposes the idea of mundicide (world death). Illustrate the argument with a case study of large scale petrochemical pollution in Ecuador by Chevron-Texaco in the 1990s.
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The tendency to focus on human aspects of security is too limited. Chemical, biological and nuclear weapons as well as man-made disasters pose threats to entire biosystems of which humans are only a part. This article discusses in philosophical terms the need for a different concept, and proposes the idea of mundicide (world death). Illustrate the argument with a case study of large scale petrochemical pollution in Ecuador by Chevron-Texaco in the 1990s.
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