Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-28410-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 269 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 391 g

Reihe: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series

Offers a focused insight into a key aspect of Hindu religious practice

Integrates primary research and tertiary sources to give a multifaceted understanding of the intricacies of cow care practice

Challenges conventional Western thought on cow care and its worldwide implications for animal ethics

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Valpey, Kenneth R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Veterinärmedizin Veterinärmedizin: Ethik und Recht
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. The Release of Cosmic Cows.- 3. Cows in Contested Fields.- 4. Surveying the Cow Care Field.- 5. Cow Care and the Ethics of Care.- 6. "These Cows Will Not Be Lost" - Envisioning A Care-Full Future for Cows.- 7. Concluding Ruminations.

Über Autor(innen)

Kenneth R. Valpey is a research fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and a research fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, UK. Besides Hindu animal ethics, he has published on Vaishnava Hindu temple worship traditions and on India’s enduring favorite of bhakti literature, the Bhagavata Pura?a.