Animals Reader: The Essential Classic and Contemporary Writings
The study of animals - and the relationship between humans and other animals - is now one of the most fiercely debated topics in contemporary science and culture. Animals have a long history in human society, providing food, labour, sport and companionship as well as becoming objects for exhibit. More contemporary uses extend to animals as therapy and in scientific testing. As natural habitats continue to be destroyed, the rights of animals to co-exist on the planet - and their symbolic...
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The study of animals - and the relationship between humans and other animals - is now one of the most fiercely debated topics in contemporary science and culture. Animals have a long history in human society, providing food, labour, sport and companionship as well as becoming objects for exhibit. More contemporary uses extend to animals as therapy and in scientific testing. As natural habitats continue to be destroyed, the rights of animals to co-exist on the planet - and their symbolic power as a connection between humans and the natural world - are ever more hotly contested. The Animals Reader brings together the key classic and contemporary writings from Philosophy, Ethics, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Environmental Studies, History, Law and Science. As the first book of its kind, The Animals Reader provides a framework for understanding the current state of the multidisciplinary field of animal studies. This anthology will be invaluable for students across the Humanities and Social Sciences as well as for general readers.
List of Illustrations viiPrologue: Animals Randy Malamud ixEditorial Introduction Linda Kalof Amy Fitzgerald xiiiAnimals as Philosophical and Ethical SubjectsIntroduction 3The History of Animals 5Principles of Morals and Legislation 8In Defense of Slavery 10Animal Liberation or Animal Rights? 14The Rights of Humans and Other Animals 23Moral Status of Animals 30Becoming-Animal 37Further Reading 51Animals as Reflexive ThinkersIntroduction 55An Apology for Raymond Sebond 57From the Letters of 1646 and 1649 59Speaking for Dogs 63Wild Justice and Fair Play: Cooperation, Forgiveness, and Morality in Animals 72Grief Sadness, and the Bones of Elephants 91Orangutan Cultures and the Evolution of Material Culture 104Further Reading 111Animals as Domesticates, "Pets" and FoodIntroduction 115The Hunter-Gatherer Prehistory of Human-Animal Interactions 117Animal Planet 129Animal Pets: Cruelty andAffection 141The Eating of Flesh 154Brave New Farm? 158The Sexual Politics of Meat 171The Promotion of "Meat" and its Consequences 182Further Reading 190Animals as Spectacle and SportIntroduction 193Combats of Elephants 195On Being Human in the Bullfight 197Dogfighting: Symbolic Expression and Validation of Masculinity 209Zoo Spectatorship 219Hunting and Humanity in Western Thought 237Further Reading 245Animals as SymbolsIntroduction 249Why Look at Animals? 251The Totemic Illusion 262Animals as Tradition 270What is the Postmodern Animal? 278The Illumination of the Animal Kingdom: The Role of Light and Electricity in Animal Representation 289Further Reading 302Animals as Scientific ObjectsIntroduction 305The Brown Dog Riots of 1907 307Into the Laboratory 323Hybrid Geographies: Rethinking the "Human" in Human Geography 336Dolly's Body: Gender, Genetics and the New Genetic Capital 349Cyborgs to Companion Species: Reconfiguring Kinship in Technoscience 362Further Reading 375Index 377
