David Nibert, David (Professor Nibert, David A Nibert, David A. Nibert, David Alan Nibert Animal Oppression and Human Violence Domesecration, Capitalism, and Global Conflict English · Paperback / Softback

By comparing practices of animal exploitation for food and resources in different societies over time, David A. Nibert finds in the domestication of animals, which he renames "domesecration," a perversion of human ethics, the development of large-scale acts of violence, disastrous patterns of destruction, and epidemics of infectious disease.

About the author

David A. Nibert worked as a tenant organizer and community activist before becoming a professor of sociology at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. He teaches courses on animals and society and global change and is the author of Animal Rights/Human Rights: Entanglements of Oppression and Liberation.

Summary

By comparing practices of animal exploitation for food and resources in different societies over time, David A. Nibert finds in the domestication of animals, which he renames “domesecration,” a perversion of human ethics, the development of large-scale acts of violence, disastrous patterns of destruction, and epidemics of infectious disease.

Product details

• Authors: David Alan Nibert, David A Nibert, David A. Nibert, David Nibert, David (Professor Nibert
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 07.05.2013
• Subject: Guides > Nature; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences
• EAN: 9780231151894
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15189-4
• Pages: 352
• Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science, and Law; Critical Perspectives on Animals; Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science, and Law; Critical Perspectives on Animals
• Subjects: Sociology, Ethics, NATURE / Animal Rights, HISTORY / Civilization, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Animal Rights, Ethics and moral philosophy, Animals and society, Earth Sciences