Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-28410-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 269 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 391 g

Reihe: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series

This open access book provides both a broad perspective and a focused examination of cow care as a subject of widespread ethical concern in India, and increasingly in other parts of the world. In the face of what has persisted as a highly charged political issue over cow protection in India, intellectual space must be made to bring the wealth of Indian traditional ethical discourse to bear on the realities of current human-animal relationships, particularly those of humans with cows. Dharma, yoga, and bhakti paradigms serve as starting points for bringing Hindu—particularly Vaishnava Hindu—animal ethics into conversation with contemporary Western animal ethics. The author argues that a culture of bhakti—the inclusive, empathetic practice of spirituality centered in Krishna as the beloved cowherd of Vraja—can complement recently developed ethics-of-care thinking to create a solid basis for sustaining all kinds of cow care communities.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Valpey, Kenneth R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Veterinärmedizin Veterinärmedizin: Ethik und Recht
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. The Release of Cosmic Cows.- 3. Cows in Contested Fields.- 4. Surveying the Cow Care Field.- 5. Cow Care and the Ethics of Care.- 6. "These Cows Will Not Be Lost" - Envisioning A Care-Full Future for Cows.- 7. Concluding Ruminations.

Über Autor(innen)

Kenneth R. Valpey is a research fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and a research fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, UK. Besides Hindu animal ethics, he has published on Vaishnava Hindu temple worship traditions and on India’s enduring favorite of bhakti literature, the Bhagavata Purana.