Animal Rights/Human Rights

David Nibert

ISBN 10: 0742517764 / ISBN 13: 9780742517769

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, US, 2002

About this Item

This accessible and cutting-edge work offers a new look at the history of western 'civilization,' one that brings into focus the interrelated suffering of oppressed humans and other animals. Nibert argues persuasively that throughout history the exploitation of other animals has gone hand in hand with the oppression of women, people of color, and other oppressed groups. He maintains that the oppression both of humans and of other species of animals is inextricably tangled within the structure of social arrangements. Nibert asserts that human use and mistreatment of other animals are not natural and do little to further the human condition. Nibert's analysis emphasizes the economic and elite-driven character of prejudice, discrimination, and institutionalized repression of humans and other animals. His examination of the economic entanglements of the oppression of human and other animals is supplemented with an analysis of ideological forces and the use of state power in this sociological expose of the grotesque uses of the oppressed, past and present. Nibert suggests that the liberation of devalued groups of humans is unlikely in a world that uses other animals as fodder for the continual growth and expansion of transnational corporations and, conversely, that animal liberation cannot take place when humans continue to be exploited and oppressed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Animal Rights/Human Rights
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, US
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742517764
• ISBN 13: 9780742517769
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.09W x 1.63H x 22.45D centimeters 15.09 centimeters width by 1.63 centimeters height by 22.45 centimeters depth
• Weight: 372 grams

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Synopsis

This accessible and cutting-edge work offers a new look at the history of western "civilization," one that brings into focus the interrelated suffering of oppressed humans and other animals. Nibert argues persuasively that throughout history the exploitation of other animals has gone hand in hand with the oppression of women, people of color, and other oppressed groups. He maintains that the oppression both of humans and of other species of animals is inextricably tangled within the structure of social arrangements. Nibert asserts that human use and mistreatment of other animals are not natural and do little to further the human condition.

Nibert's analysis emphasizes the economic and elite-driven character of prejudice, discrimination, and institutionalized repression of humans and other animals. His examination of the economic entanglements of the oppression of human and other animals is supplemented with an analysis of ideological forces and the use of state power in this sociological expose of the grotesque uses of the oppressed, past and present. Nibert suggests that the liberation of devalued groups of humans is unlikely in a world that uses other animals as fodder for the continual growth and expansion of transnational corporations and, conversely, that animal liberation cannot take place when humans continue to be exploited and oppressed.

About the Author

Michael W. Fox has been called "American's best known veterinarian." Author of over a dozen books on animals and holistic subjects, Dr. Fox also provides advice in his Q&A column, "Animal Doctor" (nationally syndicated by United Media), which appears twice a week. He lives in Minneapolis, MN.