Sets forth an experiential process involving both emotion and cognition that, it is suggested, might be the best way to proceed in understanding our relationships with and obligations toward animals. It involves recognition of those relationships and also of the concomitant obligation to attend to another’s experience of well-being and thereby allow us to imagine less violent and more meaningful ways of co-existing.
Essays by scholars, scientists and sanctuary workers exploring the social, political and ethical themes that imprisonment, of animals or humans, raises, including the value of liberty, the nature of autonomy, the meaning of dignity, and the impact of routine confinement on physical and psychological well-being.
An anthology of feminist voices exploring ecofeminist themes, including how our emotions and embodiment form the basis of our relationships in the world, including our relationships with individuals of other species, and ways in which to live less violently.
A compilation of entries from leading scholars on topics and ideas central to the field of animal studies, incorporating interdisciplinary perspectives from a wide array of fields ranging from anthropology to law to feminist and anti-racist scholarship.