The Poverty of Animals

Towards a Marxist Theory of Animal Welfare
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-032-36602-9
Verlag: Routledge India

Buch, Englisch, 162 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 414 g

This book makes a theoretical contribution to animal rights issues from a Marxist perspective. Drawing on ethics, politics and philosophy, it focuses on how to create a social formation that will improve animal welfare. Further, the book enables the readers to grasp current theoretical debates on animal welfare and to gain insight into theoretical and practical perspectives in dealing with the animal issues.

The volume will be of great interest to scholars of politics and political philosophy, especially Marxism, and animal rights activists.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kanatli, Mehmet

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. 1. Why Do We Need a Marxist Theory of Animal Welfare? 2. Marx and Animal Welfare 3. Capitalism and the Poverty of Animals 4. What Can Be Done for Animal Welfare? Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Mehmet Kanatli is Lecturer at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Hitit University, Turkey. He received his MA from the Political Theory programme at Manchester University, UK, and his PhD from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at METU, Turkey. He is also the author of Private Property, Freedom and Order: Social Contract Theories from Hobbes to Rawls (Routledge, 2021). He is interested in a wide range of social science disciplines from international relations to political theory, with a specialisation in theories of democracies, political ideologies, and political thought.