Mobilizing Traditions in the First Wave of the British Animal Defense Movement

2019
ISBN: 978-1-137-52650-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 355 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 598 g

Reihe: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series

This book explores the British animal defense movement’s mobilization of the cultural and intellectual traditions of its time- from Christianity and literature, to natural history, evolutionism and political radicalism- in its struggle for the cause of animals in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Each chapter examines the process whereby the animal protection movement interpreted and drew upon varied intellectual, moral and cultural resources in order to achieve its manifold objectives, participate in the ongoing re-creation of the current traditions of thought, and re-shape human-animal relations in wider society. Placing at its center of analysis the movement’s mediating power in relation to its surrounding traditions, Li’s original perspective uncovers the oft-ignored cultural work of the movement whilst restoring its agency in explaining social change.  Looking forward, it points at the same time to the potential of all traditions, through ongoing mobilization, to effect change in the human-animal relations of the future.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Li, Chien-Hui

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Bioethik, Tierethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Bioethik, Tierethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1- Introduction: Mobilizing Traditions for Animals.- Chapter 2- Mobilizing the Christianity Tradition: True Patriots and the Sacrificial Spirit of Christ.- Chapter 3- Mobilizing Political Traditions: We Want Justice, Not Charity.- Chapter 4- Mobilizing the Natural History Tradition: The Intelligent Dog and the Affectionate Spider.- Chapter 5- Mobilizing the Evolutionary Tradition: A Darwinian Revolution in Animal Ethics?.- Chapter 6- Mobilizing Literary Traditions: "The Ultimate Word Will be Spoken...By the Heart".- Chapter 7- Final Reflections.

Über Autor(innen)

Chien-hui Li is Associate Professor at the Department of History, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.