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In Animals as Biotechnology sociologist Richard Twine places the
question of human/animal relations at the heart of sustainability
and climate change debates. The book is shaped by the emergence of
two contradictory trends within our approach to nonhuman animals:
the biotechnological turn in animal sciences, which aims to
increase the efficiency and profitability of meat and dairy
production; and the emerging field of critical animal studies -
mostly in the humanities and social sciences - which works to
question the nature of our relations with other animals. The first
part of the book focuses on ethics, examining critically the
dominant paradigms of bioethics and power relations between human
and non-human. The second part considers animal biotechnology and
political economy, examining commercialisation and regulation. The
final part of the book centres on discussions of sustainability,
limits and an examination of the prospects for animal ethics if
biotechnology becomes part of the dominant agricultural paradigm.
Twine concludes by considering whether growing calls to reduce our
consumption of meat/dairy products in the face of climate change
threats are in fact complicit with an anthropocentric understanding
of sustainability and that what is needed is a more fundamental
ethical and political questioning of relations and distinctions
between humans, animals and nature.
As the scholarly and interdisciplinary study of human/animal
relations becomes crucial to the urgent questions of our time,
notably in relation to environmental crisis, this collection
explores the inner tensions within the relatively new and broad
field of animal studies. This provides a platform for the latest
critical thinking on the condition and experience of animals. The
volume is structured around four sections: engaging theory doing
critical animal studies critical animal studies and anti-capitalism
contesting the human, liberating the animal: veganism and activism.
The Rise of Critical Animal Studies demonstrates the centrality of
the contribution of critical animal studies to vitally important
contemporary debates and considers future directions for the field.
This edited collection will be useful for students and scholars of
sociology, gender studies, psychology, geography, and social work.
As the scholarly and interdisciplinary study of human/animal
relations becomes crucial to the urgent questions of our time,
notably in relation to environmental crisis, this collection
explores the inner tensions within the relatively new and broad
field of animal studies. This provides a platform for the latest
critical thinking on the condition and experience of animals. The
volume is structured around four sections: engaging theory doing
critical animal studies critical animal studies and anti-capitalism
contesting the human, liberating the animal: veganism and activism.
The Rise of Critical Animal Studies demonstrates the centrality of
the contribution of critical animal studies to vitally important
contemporary debates and considers future directions for the field.
This edited collection will be useful for students and scholars of
sociology, gender studies, psychology, geography, and social work.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
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are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.This collection
reveals the history of English common law and Empire law in a
vastly changing world of British expansion. Dominating the legal
field is the Commentaries of the Law of England by Sir William
Blackstone, which first appeared in 1765. Reference works such as
almanacs and catalogues continue to educate us by revealing the
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half-title.London: printed for T. Cadell, 1784. 4],66, 2]p.; 8
In Animals as Biotechnology sociologist Richard Twine places the
question of human/animal relations at the heart of sustainability
and climate change debates. The book is shaped by the emergence of
two contradictory trends within our approach to nonhuman animals:
the biotechnological turn in animal sciences, which aims to
increase the efficiency and profitability of meat and dairy
production; and the emerging field of critical animal studies -
mostly in the humanities and social sciences - which works to
question the nature of our relations with other animals. The first
part of the book focuses on ethics, examining critically the
dominant paradigms of bioethics and power relations between human
and non-human. The second part considers animal biotechnology and
political economy, examining commercialisation and regulation. The
final part of the book centres on discussions of sustainability,
limits and an examination of the prospects for animal ethics if
biotechnology becomes part of the dominant agricultural paradigm.
Twine concludes by considering whether growing calls to reduce our
consumption of meat/dairy products in the face of climate change
threats are in fact complicit with an anthropocentric understanding
of sustainability and that what is needed is a more fundamental
ethical and political questioning of relations and distinctions
between humans, animals and nature.
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