Humanity faces two urgent and interrelated problems that may affect our survival. One is that we are destroying our planet and are unable (or unwilling) to stop; the other is that, globally, human relationships, institutions, and systems continue to rely on and perpetuate social injustice.One Humanity, One Planet: A Framework for Worldwide Social Justice examines these problems through the lens of the concept of One Humanity and One Planet—a vision of unity that emphasizes the fundamental interconnectedness of humans and their environment. The essays in this collection explore how this idea can help us intervene in the systemic oppression of people and the destruction of the natural world while highlighting the need for humanity to act as a global community.
Zubair S. Amir is Professor of English and Chair of the Department of Languages and Literature at Benedictine University.Luigi Manca is Professor of Communications Art at Benedictine University. Elizabeth Dobbins is Professor of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Director of the STEM Scholars Program at Samford University.
List of figuresList of tables Notes on contributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction“Acts of Kindness and of Love”: Envisioning One Humanity and One Planetby Zubair S. AmirSection 1One Humanity–One Planet: Exploring the Theoretical and Philosophical FoundationsSection editor: Luigi Manca1. On the Idea of a Single Humanityby Massimo Dell’Utri2. The Contemporary Relevance of Kenneth Boulding’s Spaceship Earthby Orazio Maria Gnerre3. The Chrysalis and the Butterfly: The Promise of Martin Buber’s I and Thou at 100by Peter A. Huff4. Pope Francis on Global Governance by Martin J. Tracey5. Global-Dialogic?Satyagraha:?Mahatma Gandhi’s Call for a Culture of Care within Differenceby Reshmi SenSection 2Individual and Collective Responses to Environmental Degradation and InjusticeSection editor: Elizabeth G. Dobbins6. The Land Ethic Revisitedby Elizabeth G. Dobbins7. Fridays for Future and the Ethics of Responsibility: Chances and Contradictionsby Liann Maria Daher, Anna Maria Leonora, Giorgia Mavica, and Alessandra Scieri8. “Environmental Health: Generational Injustice vs. Cherishing our Children”by Jean-Marie Kauth9. “The Resiliency of Peoplehood: The Tohono O’odham, the Border, and Environmental Degradation”by Theresa Davidson10. “Mitakuyeability as a New Vision of the Man-Planet Relationship” by Lucia GroeSection 3Environmental and Demographic Changes as Drivers of InequitySection editors: Ignazio Camarda and Antonello Ganau11. Climate Change and Its Consequences for Ecosystems, Agriculture, and Migrationby Ignazio Camarda12. Some Notes on the Sustainability of Cattle Farming with Particular Reference to Italyby Giuseppe Pulina and Sara Sechi13. Responding to Demographic Challenges in Populations Facing Denatality and Ageingby Antonello Ganau14. The Masa and Plants: Food, Medicine, Crafts, and Symbolsby Antonino Melis15. Reimagining Social Justice as a Cosmo-Ethical Practice: Insights from the Quanti-Qualitative Research Approach Informed by Critical Discourse Analysisby Augusto Giuseppe GamuzzaSection 4 Planet Earth and Social Living Realities: Perspectives for the Research Transition at the Anthropocene AgeSection editor: Emanuela Ferreri 16. Humanity and Social Justiceby Isabella Corvino and Fabio D’Andrea17. A “Sustainable” Paradigm for a More Equal and Just Society, Starting with Its Genesby Mariella Nocenzi and Antonella Pilozzi18. Science and Society: The Problem of “Canceling” Raceby Ludovica Lorusso19. Being of this Earth, Being of this Land, Being Humanity: Anthropocene, Public Culture and Social Justiceby Emanuela Ferreri20. We and the Others: Social Justice, Group Identity, and Moral Recognitionby Mar Cabezas21. The Imaginary Perspective of the Multicultural and Intercultural Identity of Azerbaijanby Dariush RahiminiaSection 5One Humanity: Looking for Social JusticeSection editor: Sanjukta Das Gupta22. Coming Back: Reconciling Sorrow Songsby John Kloos 23. Solidarity Action or Spontaneous Solidarity: Case Studies in Sicily and the Basque Countryby Davide Nicolosi24. Translation and Activism: Towards a Global Recognition of Feminism and Human Rights for Teenagersby Irene Rodríguez Arcos25. Music Communities: Creating and Connecting in a Social Justice Landscapeby Allen R. Legutki26. Writing Social Justice: Adivasis in Contemporary Eastern Indiaby Sanjukta Das Gupta27. The Power of Network in Personal Rehabilitation: An Experience of Inclusion in Social Farming to Cope with Human Vulnerabilityby Maria Lucia Piga and Daniela PisuSection 6 Exploring New Trends in Ecoethics and Environmental Politics Section editor: Javier Romero 28. For a New Ethic: The Role of Feminism in the Era of Transhumanismby Patrizia Desole, Carla Concas, and Francesca Marras29. Gilbert White, Thomas Paine, Filippo Buonarroti: The Rise of Ecological and Sociopolitical Consciousness in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuriesby Federico Francioni30. The Other Voice: Towards a Dialogical Ecoethics for the Biosphereby Javier Romero31. One Earth: Humans, Animals, and the Landscape of Communityby Jack ThornburgSection 7Individual and Collective Responses to Injustice and Environmental Degradation Section editor: Julie D. Dockery32. Toward a More Perfect Union: Prophets of Justice and the Hope for One Humanityby Julie D. Dockery33. Musical Profiles in Courage: The Power of Music to Unify and Embolden Societies to Achieve Social Justice and Understandingby Peter Seely34. The Smart Community as an Emblem of “One Humanity?”: Critical Reflections About the Role of Communityby Ilaria Iannuzzi35. “Harmony Way”: An Indigenous Theological Approach to the Crises of Our Timeby Grant Showalter-Swanson36. Judicial Framing of Victims: What Establishes Non-Consent in Sexual Assault?by Mara K. Berkland
“The earth and its inhabitants are at an inflection point. This book combines the work of many scholars across the spectrum of social, physical, biological and economic sciences including insights from Traditional Cultural Knowledge…. [and] has theoretical academic and practical applications for any one interested in the future of this planet.”