The Rise of Critical Animal Studies: From the Margins to the Centre (Routledge Advances in Sociology)

As the scholarly and interdisciplinary study of human/animal relations becomes crucial to the urgent questions of our time, notably in relation to environmental crisis, this collection explores the inner tensions within the relatively new and broad field of animal studies. This provides a platform for the latest critical thinking on the condition and experience of animals. The volume is structured around four sections: engaging theory doing critical animal studies critical animal studies and anti-capitalism contesting the human, liberating the animal: veganism and activism. The Rise of Critical Animal Studies demonstrates the centrality of the contribution of critical animal studies to vitally important contemporary debates and considers future directions for the field. This edited collection will be useful for students and scholars of sociology, gender studies, psychology, geography, and social work. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 12 Copyright Page 13 Table of Contents 14 List of illustrations 16 List of contributors 17 Acknowledgements 21 Introduction: locating the ‘critical’ in critical animal studies 22 Part I Engaging theory 38 1 Beyond speciesism: intersectionality, critical sociology and the human domination of other animals 40 2 From centre to margins and back again: critical animal studies and the reflexive human self 57 3 Vegans on the verge of a nervous breakdown 73 Part II Doing critical animal studies 90 4 Listening to voices: on the pleasures and problems of studying human–animal relationships 92 5 Studying perpetrators of socially- sanctioned violence against animals through the I/eye of the CAS scholar 109 6 Doing critical animal studies differently: reflexivity and intersectionality in practice 132 Part III Critical animal studies and anti-capitalism 158 7 Labourers or lab tools? Rethinking the role of lab animals in clinical trials 160 8 The cultural hegemony of meat and the animal industrial complex 186 9 Mapping non-human resistance in the age of biocapital 204 Part IV Contesting the human, liberating the animal: veganism and activism 222 10 ‘The greatest cause on earth’: the historical formation of veganism as an ethical practice 224 11 On the limits of food autonomy – rethinking choice and privacy 246 12 The radical debate: a straw man in the movement? 262 Conclusion: future directions for critical animal studies 283 Index 298 As The Scholarly And Interdisciplinary Study Of Human/animal Relations Becomes Crucial To The Urgent Questions Of Our Time, Notably In Relation To Environmental Crisis, This Collection Explores The Inner Tensions Within The Relatively New And Broad Field Of Animal Studies. This Provides A Platform For The Latest Critical Thinking On The Condition And Experience Of Animals. -- Publisher's Description. Engaging Theory -- Doing Critical Animal Studies -- Critical Animal Studies And Anti-capitalism -- Contesting The Human, Liberating The Animal: Veganism And Activism. Edited By Nik Taylor And Richard Twine. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. As the scholarly and interdisciplinary study of human/animal relations become crucial to the urgent questions of our time, notably in relation to environmental crisis, this volume explores the inner tensions within the broad field of animal studies and provides a platform for the latest critical thinking on the condition and experience of animals.