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Animal Oppression and Human Violence: Domesecration, Capitalism, and Global Conflict
David A. Nibert
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Hardback. Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Jared Diamond and other leading scholars have argued that the domestication of animals for food, labor, and tools of war has advanced the development of human society. But by comparing practices of animal exploitation for food and resources in different societies over time, David A. Nibert reaches a strikingly different conclusion. He finds in the domestication of animals, which he renames "domesecration," a perversion of human ethics, the development of large-scale acts of violence, disastrous patterns of destruction, and growth-curbing epidemics of infectious disease. Nibert centers his study on nomadic pastoralism and the development of commercial ranching, a practice ... Read more
Jared Diamond and other leading scholars have argued that the domestication of animals for food, labor, and tools of war has advanced the development of human society. But by comparing practices of animal exploitation for food and resources in different societies over time, David A. Nibert reaches a strikingly different conclusion. He finds in the domestication of animals, which he renames "domesecration," a perversion of human ethics, the development of large-scale acts of violence, disastrous patterns of destruction, and growth-curbing epidemics of infectious disease. Nibert centers his study on nomadic pastoralism and the development of commercial ranching, a practice ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231151887
SKU
V9780231151887
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About David A. Nibert
David A. Nibert worked as a tenant organizer and community activist before becoming a professor of sociology at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. He teaches courses on animals and society and global change and is the author of Animal Rights/Human Rights: Entanglements of Oppression and Liberation.
Reviews for Animal Oppression and Human Violence: Domesecration, Capitalism, and Global Conflict
... A book with great cross-disciplinary appeal. Highly recommended. CHOICE An impressive and extensive historical analysis of key intersections between the exploitation of animals and the oppression of human beings. The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory A profoundly important book and should be widely read and discussed. AAG Review of Books One of the great virtues of Animal ... Read more