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Animal Rightsby Cass R. Sunstein
Oxford University Press 2004; US$ 19.99Contributors to this volume explore the legal and political issues that underlie the campaign for animal rights and the opposition to it. Ethical questions on ownership, protection against suffering and the ability of animals to make their own choices free from human control are thought-provokingly examined. more...
Just a Dogby Arnold Arluke
Temple University Press 2006; US$ 25.95How can we make sense of acts of cruelty towards animals? more...
Awe for the Tiger, Love for the Lambby Rod Preece
Routledge 2003; US$ 31.95Awe for the Tiger, Love for the Lamb compiles the most significant statements of sensibility to animals in the history of thought. It is an original, superbly researched history that deepens our understanding of all living beings. more...
Animal Rightsby David DeGrazia
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 12.99By presenting models for understanding animals' moral status and rights, and examining their mental lives and welfare, David DeGrazia explores the implications for how we should treat animals in connecton with our diet, zoos, and research. more...
In Defense of Animalsby Peter Singer
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2005; US$ 55.95Exciting new collection edited by controversial philosopher Peter Singer, who made animal rights into an international concern when he first published In Defence of Animals and Animal Liberation over thirty years ago. This collection brings together new, incisive articles. Singer from University of Melbourne, Vic and Princeton. more...
Against Liberationby Michael P. T. Leahy
Routledge 1993; US$ 44.95This timely and provocative book examines the theories behind the most commonly held contemporary assumptions about animal rights. Focusing on the writings of prominent pro-liberation activists such as Peter Singer, Tom Regan and Mary Midgley, Michael P. T. Leahy argues that the animal rights movement is based upon a series of fundamental misconceptions about the basic nature of animals--beliefs which define them rationally, emotionally, and morally in too human terms. Leahy gives particular emphasis to the writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein and his highly influential philosophy of language, and concludes that much of our talk about animals is dangerously anthropomorphic and encourages us to elevate them to quasi-human status. He examines such... more...
Animal Pragmatismby Erin McKenna; Andrew Light
Indiana University Press 2004; US$ 18.35What does American pragmatism contribute to contemporary debates about human-animal relationships? Does it acknowledge our connections to all living things? Does it bring us closer to an ethical treatment of all animals? What about hunting, vegetarianism, animal experimentation, and the welfare of farm animals? While questions about human relations with animals have been with us for millennia, there has been a marked rise in public awareness about animal issues -- even McDonald's advertises that they use humanely treated animals as food sources. In Animal Pragmatism, 12 lively and provocative essays address concerns at the ... more...
Animals, Literature and the Politics of Representationby John Simons
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2001; US$ 130.00This text offers critical surveys of the main themes in the history of animal rights and some of the more important contemporary positions together with readings of a wide range of literary texts from classical antiquity to the year 2001. more...
Mad about Wildlifeby Ann Herda-Rapp; Theresa L. Goedeke
BRILL 2005; US$ 58.00This collection of qualitative case studies demonstrates how social groups create opposing symbolic meanings of Nature during conflict over wildlife issues. It highlights the untapped utility of constructionist approaches for understanding how different meanings can ultimately affect wildlife and people. more...
Committedby Dan Mathews
Simon & Schuster 2007; US$ 10.99Committed is a bold, offbeat, globe-trotting memoir that shows how the most ridiculed punching bag in high school became an internationally renowned crusader for the most downtrodden individuals of all -- animals. This irresistibly entertaining book recounts the random incidents and soul-searching that inspired a reluctant party boy to devote his life to a cause, without ever abandoning his sense of mischief and fun. "Everyone has a tense moment in their career that makes them wonder, how the hell did I get into this mess?" writes Mathews. "For me, it was when I was dressed as a carrot to promote vegetarianism outside an elementary school in Des Moines, and a pack of obese pig farmers showed up and peeled off slices of bologna for kids... more...