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Hardback. A look at the history of Western "civilization", and the interrelated suffering of oppressed humans and other animals. David Nibert argues that throughout history the exploitation of other animals has gone hand-in-hand with the oppression of women, people of colour, and other oppressed groups. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517752
ISBN
9780742517752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.61

Paperback. Animal rights sounds like a modern idea, but in fact - for over three millennia - philosophers, theologians, and political theorists have grappled with the question of our obligations toward animals. This anthology illuminates the complex evolution of moral thought regarding animals. It includes writings of authors from ancient Greece onwards. Editor(s): Linzey, Andrew; Clarke, Paul Barry. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231134217
ISBN
9780231134217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Hardback. Animal rights sounds like a modern idea, but in fact - for over three millennia - philosophers, theologians, and political theorists have grappled with the question of our obligations toward animals. This anthology illuminates the complex evolution of moral thought regarding animals. It includes writings of authors from ancient Greece onwards. Editor(s): Linzey, Andrew; Clarke, Paul Barry. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231134200
ISBN
9780231134200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.44
€ 80.05

Hardcover. In this 2nd edition the author has substantially revised his book throughout, updating the moral arguments and adding a chapter on animal minds. Importantly, rather than being a polemic on animal rights, this book is also a considered and imaginative evaluation of moral theory as explored through the issue of animal rights. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219441
ISBN
9780230219441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. In 'Animal rites', Cary Wolfe examines contemporary notions of humanism, ethics, and animals by reconstructing a little known but crucial underground tradition of theorizing the animal. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFC; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 225 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226905143
ISBN
9780226905143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

Hardcover. Exploring how animal suffering is made meaningful within Western ramifications, the book investigates themes such as skepticism concerning non-human experience, cultural roots of compassion, and contemporary approaches to animal ethics. At its center is the pivotal question: What is the moral significance of animal suffering? Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230283916
ISBN
9780230283916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Paperback. A critical introduction to theoretical approaches to the animal in modern and contemporary philosophy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC; JFFZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748682201
ISBN
9780748682201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Hardback. This book challenges the accepted distinction between animal welfarists and animal liberationists. It provides a unique and hitherto undocumented history of the animal care and animal welfare movement. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 990.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402086182
ISBN
9781402086182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.49

Paperback. This book challenges the accepted distinction between animal welfarists and animal liberationists. It provides a unique and hitherto undocumented history of the animal care and animal welfare movement. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2008
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048179343
ISBN
9789048179343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. This book challenges the accepted distinction between animal welfarists and animal liberationists. It provides a unique and hitherto undocumented history of the animal care and animal welfare movement. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048187874
ISBN
9789048187874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.99

Paperback. Presents an understanding of the relationship between the welfare of major food animal species and their physiology, and the direct impact this has on meat quality. This book focuses on the research and developments and also looks into welfare in aquaculture. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; KNDF; TDCT; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 176 x 16. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845932152
ISBN
9781845932152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.79
€ 57.51

Hardcover. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; LNKG; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
108
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626183742
ISBN
9781626183742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.56
€ 137.74

Paperback. Sometimes I confuse myself. I get wildly and pointlessly jealous. I spend too much time hating my bum. And you know what I hate more than my bum? My preoccupation with my bum. I've had sexual experiences with boys I wasn't really in to, but I got a post-coital crush on them. This book is about the female body. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; PDZ; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571325245
ISBN
9780571325245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Animalkind:What We Owe to Animals explores the crucial ethical differences between humans and animals. Occupying the middle ground between extreme egalitarianism and outright dismissal, the book instead advocates a position of respect for animals, treatment not afforded to the current inhabitants of factory farms and animal labs. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405199377
ISBN
9781405199377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 106.84

Paperback. Animalkind:What We Owe to Animals explores the crucial ethical differences between humans and animals. Occupying the middle ground between extreme egalitarianism and outright dismissal, the book instead advocates a position of respect for animals, treatment not afforded to the current inhabitants of factory farms and animal labs. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405199384
ISBN
9781405199384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.52

Hardcover. The claim is frequently made on behalf of African moral beliefs and practices that they do not objectify and exploit nature and natural existents like Western ethics does. This book investigates whether this is correct and what kind of status is reserved for other-than-human animals in African ethics. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HPD; HPQ; HPS; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137504043
ISBN
9781137504043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.14

Paperback. Can animals be regarded as part of the moral community? To what extent, if at all, do they have moral rights? Are we wrong to eat them? This title traces the background of these debates from Aristotle to Darwin and sets out the views of numerous contemporary philosophers with ethical theories ranging from utilitarianism to eco-feminism. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Broadview Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551119762
ISBN
9781551119762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 48.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415513401
ISBN
9780415513401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.95

Hardback. "No one tradition alone offers a sufficient respect for other species. Taken together, they may offer a prospect for saner human-animal relations." -- From the book Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFZ; JHM; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 30. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774807241
ISBN
9780774807241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.72

Hardback. A compelling argument of how human health is adversely affected by our poor treatment of non-human animals. The author contents that in order to successfully confront the 21st Century's health challenges, we need to broaden the definition of the word 'public' in public health to include non-human animals. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230249738
ISBN
9780230249738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 227.69

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