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This book examines the tangled responsibilities of states,
companies, and individuals surrounding human rights in the digital
age. Digital technologies have a huge impact – for better and
worse – on human lives; while they can clearly enhance some human
rights, they also facilitate a wide range of violations. States are
expected to implement efficient measures against powerful private
companies, but, at the same time, they are drawn to technologies
that extend their own control over citizens. Tech companies are
increasingly asked to prevent violations committed online by their
users, yet many of their business models depend on the accumulation
and exploitation of users’ personal data. While civil society has
a crucial part to play in upholding human rights, it is also the
case that individuals harm other individuals online. All three
stakeholders need to ensure that technology does not provoke the
disintegration of human rights. Bringing together experts from a
range of disciplines, including law, international relations, and
journalism, this book provides a detailed analysis of the impact of
digital technologies on human rights, which will be of interest to
academics, research students and professionals concerned by this
issue.
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Incendiary (DVD)
Michelle Williams, Ewan McGregor, Matthew Macfadyen, Sidney Johnston, Jonathan Andrews, …
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R35
Discovery Miles 350
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Ships in 10 - 20 working days
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A woman has to deal with feelings of grief and guilt after her
husband and son die in a terrorist attack. A young London mother
(Michelle Williams) waves her husband and son goodbye as they head
off to see a local football match. As soon as they're gone, she
entertains local news reporter Jasper Black (Ewan MacGregor), with
whom she's been having an affair. As the two begin making love, a
news flash on the television informs them that a suicide bomber has
attacked the stadium which her husband and child were attending. In
a blind panic, the woman heads for the football ground, where she
runs into her late husband's boss, police officer Terence Butcher
(Matthew Macfadyen). In the following weeks, as she attempts to put
her life back in order, she's introduced to, and befriends, a young
boy (Sidney Johnston) whose father was involved in the attack.
Bethlem Hospital, popularly known as "Bedlam", is a unique
institution. Now seven hundred and fifty years old, it has been
continuously involved in the care of the mentally ill in London
since at least the 1400s. As such it has a strong claim to be the
oldest foundation in Europe with an unbroken history of sheltering
and treating the mentally disturbed. During this time, Bethlem has
transcended locality to become not only a national and
international institution, but in many ways, a cultural and
literary myth. The History of Bethlem is a scholarly history of
this key establishment by distinguished authors, including Asa
Briggs and Roy Porter. Based upon extensive research of the
hospital's archives, the book looks at Bethlem's role within the
caring institutions of London and Britain, and provides a long
overdue re-evaluation of its place in the history of psychiatry.
This is the first volume of papers devoted to an examination of the
relationship between mental health/illness and the construction and
experience of space. This historical analysis with contributions
from leading experts will enlighten and intrigue in equal measure.
The first rigorous scholarly analysis of its kind in book form, it
will be of particular interest to the history, psychiatry and
architecture communities.
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Incendiary (DVD)
Michelle Williams, Ewan McGregor, Matthew Macfadyen, Sidney Johnston, Jonathan Andrews, …
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R24
Discovery Miles 240
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Ships in 10 - 20 working days
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A woman has to deal with feelings of grief and guilt after her
husband and son die in a terrorist attack. A young London mother
(Michelle Williams) waves her husband and son goodbye as they head
off to see a local football match. As soon as they're gone, she
entertains local news reporter Jasper Black (Ewan MacGregor), with
whom she's been having an affair. As the two begin making love, a
news flash on the television informs them that a suicide bomber has
attacked the stadium which her husband and child were attending. In
a blind panic, the woman heads for the football ground, where she
runs into her late husband's boss, police officer Terence Butcher
(Matthew Macfadyen). In the following weeks, as she attempts to put
her life back in order, she's introduced to, and befriends, a young
boy (Sidney Johnston) whose father was involved in the attack.
This is the first volume of papers devoted to an examination of
the relationship between mental health/illness and the construction
and experience of space. This historical analysis with
contributions from leading experts will enlighten and intrigue in
equal measure. The first rigorous scholarly analysis of its kind in
book form, it will be of particular interest to the history,
psychiatry and architecture communities.
In the mountain of books that have been written about the Third
Reich, surprisingly little has been said about the role played by
the German nobility in the Nazis' rise to power. While often
confidently referred to, the 'fateful' role played by the German
nobility is rarely, if ever, investigated in any real detail. Nazis
and Nobles now fills this gap, providing the first systematic
investigation of the role played by the nobility in German
political life between Germany's defeat in the First World War in
1918 and the consolidation of Nazi power in the 1930s. As Stephan
Malinowski shows, the German nobility was too weak to prevent the
German Revolution of 1918 but strong enough to take an active part
in the struggle against the Weimar Republic. In a real twist of
historical irony, members of the nobility were as prominent in the
destruction of Weimar democracy as they were to be years later in
Graf Stauffenberg's July 1944 bomb plot against Hitler. In this
skilful portrait of an aristocratic world that was soon to
disappear, Malinowski gives us for the first time the in-depth
story of the German nobility's social decline and political
radicalization in the inter-war years - and the troubled
mesalliance to which this was to lead between the majority of
Germany's nobles and the National Socialists.
Now 750 years old, Bethlem Hospital has been continuously involved
in the care of the mentally ill since at least 1400 - as such it
has a strong claim to be the oldest foundation in Europe with an
unbroken history of sheltering and treating the mentally disturbed.
This text examines Bethlem's role within the caring institutions of
London and Britain and its place in the history of psychiatry.
Bethlem is not simply Europe's oldest psychiatric establishment; it
is the most famous and the most notorious. It has assumed many
guises over its 750 year history, it began as a religious
foundation in the context of the Crusades. It became a hospital for
the insane by accident, survived complex battles between Crown and
Papacy, Parliament and the Corporation of the City of London, and
gained great prominence for many years as Britain's only lunatic
asylum. The name of Bethlem has actually turned into everyday
speech and become part of a national culture. From Shakespeare's
time, "Bedlam" was becoming detached from the institution and
assuming a life and a persona.
This book examines the tangled responsibilities of states,
companies, and individuals surrounding human rights in the digital
age. Digital technologies have a huge impact - for better and worse
- on human lives; while they can clearly enhance some human rights,
they also facilitate a wide range of violations. States are
expected to implement efficient measures against powerful private
companies, but, at the same time, they are drawn to technologies
that extend their own control over citizens. Tech companies are
increasingly asked to prevent violations committed online by their
users, yet many of their business models depend on the accumulation
and exploitation of users' personal data. While civil society has a
crucial part to play in upholding human rights, it is also the case
that individuals harm other individuals online. All three
stakeholders need to ensure that technology does not provoke the
disintegration of human rights. Bringing together experts from a
range of disciplines, including law, international relations, and
journalism, this book provides a detailed analysis of the impact of
digital technologies on human rights, which will be of interest to
academics, research students and professionals concerned by this
issue.
Set in a small town in the countryside, a storm brings forth an
uncontrollable and relentless mutation that forever transforms all
that come in contact with it. Centers on a family and their
struggle during this horrifying ordeal.
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