Animal Oppression and Capitalism (pdf)

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Author David Nibert
Edition 1
Edition Year 2017
Format PDF
Language English
ISBN 9781440850738
Number Of Pages 644
Publisher Praeger

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David Nibert’s Animal Oppression and Capitalism is a timely two-volume set that calls into question the capitalist system at a point in human history when inequality and the imbalance in the distribution of wealth are growing domestically and internationally. Expert contributors show why the oppression of animals—particularly the use of other animals as food—is increasingly being linked to unfavorable climate change and the depletion of fresh water and other vital resources. Readers will also learn about the tragic connections between the production of animal products and global hunger and expanded regional violence and warfare, and they will understand how many common human health problems—including heart attacks, strokes, and various forms of cancer—develop as a result of consuming animal products.

 

 

 

    • Explains how abolishing the oppression of animals will bring to an end the suffering of billions of sentient creatures throughout the world, greatly improve human health, and help turn back the rapid advance of climate change

 

 

    • Connects the daily processes of capitalism to tremendous levels of pain, misery, and fear experienced by animals as well as humans

 

 

  • Documents the ways in which many animals are biologically engineered for profitable exploitation

This important two-volume set unapologetically documents how capitalism results in the oppression of animals ranging from fish and chickens to dogs, elephants, and kangaroos as well as in environmental destruction, vital resource depletion, and climate change.

Most traditional narratives portray humanity’s use of other animals as natural and necessary for human social development and present the idea that capitalism is generally a positive force in the world. But is this worldview accurate, or just a convenient, easy-to-accept way to ignore what is really happening—a systematic oppression of animals that simultaneously results in environmental destruction and places insurmountable obstacles in the path to a sustainable and peaceful future?

Additional information

Author

David Nibert

Edition

1

Edition Year

2017

Format

PDF

Language

English

ISBN

9781440850738

Number Of Pages

644

Publisher

Praeger

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