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Sacred, Symbolic, and Contested: Critical Perspectives on Human-Animal Relations in Culture and Society - Couverture rigide

Szarycz, Gregory S.

 
9789004733107: Sacred, Symbolic, and Contested: Critical Perspectives on Human-Animal Relations in Culture and Society
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ISBN 10 : 9004733108 ISBN 13 : 9789004733107
Editeur : Brill, 2025

Synopsis

Sacred, Symbolic, and Contested explores how animals are revered, represented, and disputed across global cultures. Through vivid case studies--from sacred cows in India to ritual slaughter in Judaism and animal commodification in industrial societies--this book reveals how human-animal relationships express deep ethical, religious, and political tensions. You'll encounter surprising contradictions: animals celebrated in myth yet mistreated in practice or protected in law yet consumed in daily life. Drawing on sociology, religious studies, and critical animal studies, this timely work invites you to rethink the role of animals in shaping human identity, culture, and moral responsibility.

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À propos de l'auteur

Gregory S. Szarycz is a cultural sociologist whose interdisciplinary work spans human-animal studies, ritual, and symbolic identity. He has written about animal metaphors in the Old Testament in Between the Species and animal performativity in Brill’s Theorizing Animals (2011).

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9004733108
ISBN 13 
9789004733107
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
324
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Personne responsable
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