Understanding Animal Abuse (Paperback)

Clifton Flynn

ISBN 10: 1590563395 / ISBN 13: 9781590563397

Edité par Lantern Books,US, New York, 2012

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Paperback. First published by Simon & Schuster in 1993 and then by Continuum in 1998, Jim Mason's An Unnatural Order has become a classic. Now in a new Lantern edition, the book explores, from an anthropological, sociocultural, and holistic perspective, how and why we have cut ourselves off from other animals and the natural world, and the toll this has taken on our consciousness, our ability to steward nature wisely, and the will to control our own tendencies. Jim Mason writes: "My own view is that the primal worldview, updated by a scientific understanding of the living world, offers the best hope for a human spirituality. Life on earth is the miracle, the sacred. The dynamic living world is the creator, the First Being, the sustainer, and the final resting place for all living beings--humans included. We humans evolved with other living beings; their lives informed our lives. They provided models for our existence; they shaped our minds and culture. With dominionism out of the way, we could enjoy a deep sense of kinship with the other animals, which would give us a deep sense of belonging to our living world. "Then, once again, we could feel for this world. We could feel included in the awesome family of living beings. We could feel our continuum with the living world. We could, once again, feel a genuine sense of the sacred in the world." Challenges the reader to consider animal abuse as not limited just to harmful acts committed by individuals but also to the systemic cruelty of factory farms and vivisection laboratories Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Understanding Animal Abuse (Paperback)
• Éditeur: Lantern Books,US, New York
• Date de parution: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1590563395
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781590563397
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: new

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Synopsis

Until the last decade of the twentieth century, the abusive or cruel treatment of animals had received virtually no attention among academics. Since then, however, empirical studies of animal abuse and its relation to other forms of violence toward humans, have increased not only in number but in quality and stature. Sociologists, criminologists, social workers, psychologists, legal scholars, feminists and others have recognised the myriad reasons that animal abuse is worthy of serious scholarly focus.

In his overview of contemporary sociological understanding of animal abuse, Clifton Flynn asks why studying animal abuse is important, examines the connections between animal abuse and human violence, surveys the theses surrounding the supposed link between abuse of animals and humans and lays out some theoretical perspectives on the issue. The book offers recommendations for policy and professionals and directions for future research. Ultimately, UNDERSTANDING ANIMAL ABUSE challenges the reader to consider animal abuse as not limited just to harmful acts committed by individuals. It asks us to extend our notion of abuse to the systemic cruelty of factory farms and vivisection laboratories.

À propos de l?auteur

Clifton P. Flynn is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice and Women's Studies at the University of South Carolina Upstate. He is a past Chair of the Section on Animals and Society of the American Sociological Association.