Animal People - Moral Subjects in the Work of Animal Protection

"What does it mean to work on behalf of animals? This book introduces readers to the professionalized world of Animal Protection in the UK. The book explores the interrelationships between Animal Protection as moral cause and organizational culture, examining how roles or forms of expertise become ethical exercises"--

Table des matières

Prologue

1. Animal People, as a Story in the Anthropology of Ethics

2. Dogs in the Office

3. Engaging the Mainstream

4. The Ethical Choice

5. A Brief Note on the Totem of Personality

6. Disciplines of Investigation

7. Evil People (and the Bonds of Rescue)

8. Being Moderate in a World of Interests

9. Moral Subjects

A propos de l'auteur

Adam Reed is a Reader in Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews. His research explores the intersections between moral and literary imagination and institutional life. He is the author of Literature and Agency in English Fiction Reading and Papua New Guinea's Last Place.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Adam Reed
• Edition: Cornell University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 15.01.2025
• EAN: 9781501779640
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-7964-0
• Pages: 324
• Thème: Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences naturelles en général; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques