Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism: The Belief System That Enables Us to Eat Some Animals and Not Others - Couverture rigide

Joy, Melanie

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ISBN 10 : 1573244619 ISBN 13 : 9781573244619

Editeur : Conari Press,U.S., 2009

Synopsis

Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows In her groundbreaking new book, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows, Melanie Joy explores the invisible system that shapes our perception of the meat we eat, so that we love some animals and eat others without knowing why. She calls this system carnism. Carnism is the belief system, or ideology, that allows us to selectively choose which animals become our meat, and it is sustained by comple... Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In her groundbreaking new book, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows, Melanie Joy explores the invisible system that shapes our perception of the meat we eat, so that we love some animals and eat others without knowing why. She calls this system carnism. Carnism is the belief system, or ideology, that allows us to selectively choose which animals become our meat, and it is sustained by complex psychological and social mechanisms. Like other "isms" (racism, ageism, etc.), carnism is most harmful when it is unrecognized and unacknowledged. Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows names and explains this phenomenon and offers it up for examination. Unlike the many books that explain why we shouldn't eat meat, Joy's book explains why we do eat meat -- and thus how we can make more informed choices as citizens and consumers.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Melanie Joy, Ph.D. is a social psychologist and professor of psychology and sociology at the University of Massachusetts.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Conari Press,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1573244619
• ISBN 13: 9781573244619
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 208