Animal Oppression and Human Violence: Domesecration, Capitalism, and Global Conflict
(Part of the Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science, and Law Series)
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Jared Diamond and other leading scholars have argued that the domestication of animals for food, labor, and tools of war has advanced the development of human society. But by comparing practices of animal exploitation for food and resources in different societies over time, David A. Nibert reaches a strikingly different conclusion. He finds in the domestication of animals, which he renames "domesecration," a perversion of human ethics, the development...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0231151896
ISBN13:9780231151894
Release Date:May 2013
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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