Critical Perspectives on Veganism (The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series)

This book examines the ethics, politics and aesthetics of veganism in contemporary culture and thought. Traditionally a lifestyle located on the margins of western culture, veganism has now been propelled into the mainstream, and as agribusiness grows animal issues are inextricably linked to environmental impact as well as to existing ethical concerns. This collection connects veganism to a range of topics including gender, sexuality, race, the law and popular culture. It explores how something as basic as one s food choices continue to impact on the cultural, political, and philosophical discourse of the modern day, and asks whether the normalization of veganism strengthens or detracts from the radical impetus of its politics. With a Foreword by Melanie Joy and Jens Tuidor, this book analyzes the mounting prevalence of veganism as it appears in different cultural shifts and asks how veganism might be rethought and re-practised in the twenty-first century. " Front Matter....Pages i-xxx Introduction: Food for Thought....Pages 1-11 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Veganisms....Pages 15-39 Speciesistic Veganism: An Anthropocentric Argument....Pages 41-66 Human Rights are Animal Rights: The Implications of Ethical Veganism for Human Rights....Pages 67-92 Hegel, Eating: Schelling and the Carnivorous Virility of Philosophy....Pages 93-120 Front Matter....Pages 121-121 Dark Veganism: The Instrumental Intimacies of Matthew Herbert’s One Pig ....Pages 123-154 The Compassion Manifesto: An Ethics for Art + Design and Animals....Pages 155-180 Lives of their Own: Animal Death and Animal Flesh in J.M. Coetzee’s Writings....Pages 181-202 The Vegan and the Sovereign....Pages 203-223 Front Matter....Pages 225-225 “Are Vegetarians Good Fighters?”: World War I and the Rise of Meatless Patriotism....Pages 227-244 Veganism and the Politics of Nostalgia....Pages 245-260 Is the Moose Still My Brother if We Don’t Eat Him?....Pages 261-284 Front Matter....Pages 285-285 From Seitan Bourguignon to Tofu Blanquette: Popularizing Veganism in France with Food Blogs....Pages 287-305 Lisa Simpson and Darlene Conner: Television’s Favorite Killjoys....Pages 307-329 The Carnivorous Mission of the Celebrity Chef....Pages 331-348 “The Worst Offense Here Is the Misrepresentation”: Thug Kitchen and Contemporary Vegan Discourse....Pages 349-371 Decolonizing Veganism: On Resisting Vegan Whiteness and Racism....Pages 373-391 Back Matter....Pages 393-400 "This book examines the ethics, politics and aesthetics of veganism in contemporary culture and thought. Traditionally a lifestyle located on the margins of western culture, veganism has now been propelled into the mainstream, and as agribusiness grows animal issues are inextricably linked to environmental impact as well as to existing ethical concerns. This collection connects veganism to a range of topics including gender, sexuality, race, the law and popular culture. It explores how something as basic as one's food choices continue to impact on the cultural, political, and philosophical discourse of the modern day, and asks whether the normalization of veganism strengthens or detracts from the radical impetus of its politics. With a Foreword by Melanie Joy and Jens Tuidor, this book analyzes the mounting prevalence of veganism as it appears in different cultural shifts and asks how veganism might be rethought and re-practised in the twenty-first century"--Provided by publisher