In a reference to Said's argument that large sections of humanity have been cast as sub-human, or "other", Klein said climate change was creating great divisions between people.
Surprisingly, in this modern era, there are still some sections of humanity and other cultures that do not believe, for example that women are human beings and as such should not prescribe to human rights [ 22, 8, 23].
It is a myth that rural communities, Indigenous people and the Global South are not interested in media and the digital world, but sadly our current media infrastructures carry little - if any - input from these large sections of humanity.
British Muslim scholar Abdal Hakim Murad points out that, 'Islam does not limit itself to the upliftment of any given section of humanity, but rather announces a desire to transform the entire human family.' Just as British attitudes must meet the Muslim community halfway, British Muslims must be willing to contribute to the cultural, social and political fabric of society.
All around me were fellow pilgrims, a cross-section of humanity.
That was probably what some section of humanity used to illustrate man's superiority over other animals: "memories of miseries that memorialise".
In terms of geography, my practice area is relatively narrow – it's still possible to visit all of my patients by bicycle – but the cross-section of humanity it encompasses is broad.
But he admits that his findings have limited value, because they rely entirely on self-reports, which are notoriously unreliable about sex, and did not examine a true cross-section of humanity.
Marriage should be extended to gays because, as the best social institution we have yet created for promoting love between adults, it is wrong that a vast section of humanity be denied it.
He plans to take the dipping performances around the world, to Los Angeles and to his home town of Belfast, so as to involve "as wide a cross-section of humanity as possible, both in terms of the people who sit and the audience members, who I'm depending on to remember".
For Jason Crabtree, a 33-year-old software writer, and his wife, Melissa, 29, this storied rural resting place, established in 1836, offered "a cross-section of humanity you don't usually see," said Mr. Crabtree, explaining the couple's predilection for weekend cemetery visits.
