In this Book
- The Animal Rights Struggle: An Essay in Historical Sociology
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: Amsterdam University Press
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
summary
Since the early nineteenth century, numerous campaigns have denounced the mistreatment of animals. Originally published in French as La cause animale, this book compares the British and French histories of the animal-protection movement to retrace its origins and assess its impact up to the present day. As Christophe Traïni shows, the struggle for animal rights-inextricably linked to the rise of philanthropy and established long before the birth of the ecology movement-developed out of several important social and political processes, including changes in sensibilities and socially approved emotions, new definitions of what constitutes legitimate violence, and the influence of religious beliefs.
Table of Contents
- Table, Copyright
- pp. 1-4
- Table of Contents
- pp. 5-6
- Introduction
- pp. 7-10
- 1. A long and complex struggle
- pp. 11-16
- 2. Noble gentleness, vile cruelty
- pp. 17-28
- 5. “Us,” the animals and “them”
- pp. 59-92
- 6. The rise in the power of tenderness
- pp. 93-124
- 7. (Animal) victims and social domination
- pp. 125-156
- 8. A decreasingly “wild” nature
- pp. 157-184
- Conclusion
- pp. 185-186
- Bibliography
- pp. 187-192
- A brief chronology
- pp. 193-196
Additional Information
ISBN
9789048527038
Related ISBN(s)
9789089648495
MARC Record
OCLC
1112362636
Pages
222
Launched on MUSE
2019-08-18
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC
Copyright
2016