The Animal Rights Struggle

Since the early nineteenth century, numerous campaigns have denounced the mistreatment of animals. This book compares the British and French histories of the animal-protection movement to retrace its origins and impact up to the present day. As Christophe Traïni shows, the struggle for animal right...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Traïni, Christophe, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Amsterdam University Press 2015
2019
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Protest and social movements ; 6.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009425659806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. A long and complex struggle
  • 2. Noble gentleness, vile cruelty
  • 3. To act as an enlightened philosopher
  • 4. To enlighten the ignorant, to refine the barbarian
  • 5. "Us," the animals and "them"
  • 6. The rise in the power of tenderness
  • 7. (Animal) victims and social domination
  • 8. A decreasingly "wild" nature.