{"product_id":"animal-crisis-a-new-critical-theory-hardback-9781509549672","title":"Animal Crisis; A New Critical Theory (Hardback) 9781509549672","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAnimal Crisis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA New Critical Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlice Crary (Author), Lori Gruen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509549672, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 May 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e136 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Animal Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e presents the reader with the most thorough research into the ways in which animal lives are understood. The arguments are illustrated with stories of individual animals or groups of animals who have been cruelly treated.  It is a must for all those who want to understand why we should treat animals ethically.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute \u0026amp; UN Messenger of Peace \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"So radical, so morally unsettling, that you have to take your courage in both hands to read it. But read it you should.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRaimond Gaita, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Philosopher’s Dog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A deeply moving book that calls on us to reconsider our relationship to animals and to other humans and ecosystems we depend on.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSally Haslanger, author of \u003ci\u003eResisting Reality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"[A]n inspirational and comprehensive book on animal ethics: concise yet packed with an impressive amount of potent information.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeonardo Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeading philosophers Alice Crary and Lori Gruen offer a searing and desperately needed response to systems of thought and action that are failing animals and, ultimately, humans too. In the wake of global pandemics, mass extinctions, habitat destruction, and catastrophic climate change, they issue a clarion call to address the intertwined problems we face, arguing that we must radically reimagine our relationships with other animals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn stark contrast to traditional theories in animal ethics, which abstract from social mechanisms harmful to human beings, \u003ci\u003eAnimal Crisis \u003c\/i\u003emakes the case that there can be no animal liberation without human emancipation. Borrowing from critical theories such as ecofeminism, Crary and Gruen present a \u003ci\u003ecritical animal theory\u003c\/i\u003e for understanding and combating the structural forces that enable the diminishment of so many to the advantage of a few. With seven case studies\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eof complex human-animal relations, they make an urgent plea to dismantle the “human supremacism” that is devastating animal lives and hurtling us toward ecocide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout Writing this Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e 1 Crisis: Orangutans\u003cbr\u003e 2 Ethics: Pigs\u003cbr\u003e 3 Suffering: Cows\u003cbr\u003e 4 Minds: Octopuses\u003cbr\u003e 5 Dignity: Rats\u003cbr\u003e 6 Seeing: Parrots\u003cbr\u003e 7 Politics: Ticks\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReferences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441810862360,"sku":"9781509549672","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509549672.jpg?v=1785026624","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/animal-crisis-a-new-critical-theory-hardback-9781509549672","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}