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Author Traïni, Christophe, author

Title The animal rights struggle : an essay in historical sociology / Christophe Traïni
Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations
Series Protest and social movements ; 6
Protest and social movements ; 6.
Contents 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
Summary From the beginning of the 19th century to the present day, a host of campaigners have denounced the mistreatment of animals. Relying on a comparison of the British and French experiences, this book retraces the various strands of the animal protection movement, from their origins to their continuing impact on current debates. The story of the collective mobilizations behind the struggle for animal rights sheds light on several crucial processes in our social and political history: changes in sensibilities and socially approved emotions; the definition of what constitutes legitimate violence; the establishment of norms designed to change what constitutes morally acceptable practices; rivalry between elites having differing conceptions of the forms authority should take; the influence of religious belief on militant activities; and the effects of gender discrimination.-- From publisher's description
Notes Text translated by Richard Jemmett
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Text translated from French
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Subject Animal rights -- History
Animal welfare -- History
Human-animal relationships -- History
Society and culture: general.
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Animal rights
Animal welfare
Human-animal relationships
Animaux -- Protection -- Droit européen.
Animaux maltraités.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789048527038
9048527031
9089648496
9789089648495
Other Titles Cause animale, 1820-1980. English