Download or read book Inhumane Society written by Michael W. Fox and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1990-08-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With graphic directness, this book describes how animal doctors all too often break their professional credo and abuse animals. Veterinarian Fox says that animals have no protection against the traps, poison baits, harpoons, factory and fur farms, and no escape from the cages of laboratories. Cleveland Amory introduces this classic of the Animal Rights Movement.
Download or read book Inhuman Conditions written by Pheng Cheah and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization promises to bring people around the world together, to unite them as members of the human community. To such sanguine expectations, Pheng Cheah responds deftly with a sobering account of how the "inhuman" imperatives of capitalism and technology are transforming our understanding of humanity and its prerogatives. Through an examination of debates about cosmopolitanism and human rights, Inhuman Conditions questions key ideas about what it means to be human that underwrite our understanding of globalization. Cheah asks whether the contemporary international division of labor so irreparably compromises and mars global solidarities and our sense of human belonging that we must radically rethink cherished ideas about humankind as the bearer of dignity and freedom or culture as a power of transcendence. Cheah links influential arguments about the new cosmopolitanism drawn from the humanities, the social sciences, and cultural studies to a perceptive examination of the older cosmopolitanism of Kant and Marx, and juxtaposes them with proliferating formations of collective culture to reveal the flaws in claims about the imminent decline of the nation-state and the obsolescence of popular nationalism. Cheah also proposes a radical rethinking of the normative force of human rights in light of how Asian values challenge human rights universalism.
Download or read book The Inhumane Society written by John J Carello and published by John Carello. This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a journey by a very friendly cat named Mr. Whiskers! Somehow throughout Mr. Whisker's Journey he ends up in a local Humane Society by no fault of his own. When he first arrived he met what he thought was a nice kind lady named Ms. Wicksmuther . Ms. Wicksmuther is the Humane Society Director and the person in charge. Mr. Whiskers would find out later that Ms. Wicksmuther was really not that nice and not that kind. Ms. Wicksmuther is accused of turning the Humane Society into the Inhumane Society!!!
Download or read book Al Sheithuman written by Dheyab Shahin and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2024-08-21 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al Sheithuman explores the creation of the world in a broad and imaginative way and is clearly distinguished by the level of environmental diversity, culture, and history. It recounts what the defenseless hero suffers in front of the dictatorial authorities and the wars they ignite, turning human life in Iraq into a continuous holocaust that burns people and values, making the place and life itself unsafe. Escaping danger and death are pure coincidences caused by unseen preordained forces. It protects those it wants to protect and kills those who do not have the ability to survive. Critic Jennifer Bacani commented, “The psychological elements combined with the more humane themes that revolve around war, identity, fighting harsh conditions, imperialism, and the complexities of the Arab world, made for thought-provoking and entertaining reading. The main character is described in a way that enables the reader to learn about his motivations, backstory, and feelings.” She added, “However, I did not find any filler parts or narrations, nor did I feel like I was being dragged along. Overall, an interesting story, about the cruelty, beauty and fragility of human nature.” About the Author Dheyab Shahin is an Iraqi poet, novelist, and literature critic. Born in Babylon, he has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in journalism. He has published thirty-five books including poetry, novels, and criticism. He has worked as a self-employed writer as well as a literary reviewer for poetry and narrative texts in the Ministry of Culture and Youth in the UAE, and published many articles in Iraqi and Arab newspapers and magazines, such Al-Ittihad, Azzaman, Al Khaleej, and others. He was honored twice by the Sharjah Department of Culture and Media in UAE, where he was awarded two certificates in recognition in 2012 and 2014 for his books Aesthetics of Poetry and Image Semiotic in the UAE Cultural Press. Shahin was selected by the UAE Ministry of Culture to represent UAE in the field of criticism at the International Assilah Festival in Morocco in 2010. He participated in the Arab Indian Festival in Abu Dhabi in 2009, and he participated in the thirteenth and fourteenth round of the Marbed, which is a famous International Iraqi Poetic Festival in Basra in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
Download or read book Hearings written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book People Property Or Pets written by Marc D. Hauser and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Download or read book Animals Rights and Reason in Plutarch and Modern Ethics written by Stephen T. Newmyer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking volume explores Plutarch's unique survival in the argument that animals are rational and sentient, and that we, as humans, must take notice of their interests. Exploring Plutarch's three animal-related treatises, as well as passages from his ethical treatises, Stephen Newmyer examines arguments that, strikingly, foreshadow those found in the works of such prominent animal rights philosophers as Peter Singer and Tom Regan. Unique in viewing Plutarch’s opinions not only in the context of ancient philosophical and ethical through, but also in its place in the history of animal rights speculation, Animals Rights and Reasons points out how remarkably Plutarch differs from such anti-animal thinkers as the Stoics. Classicists, philosophers, animal-welfare students and interested readers will all find this book an invaluable and informative addition to their reading.
Download or read book A Clown in a Grave written by Michael Skau and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Skau covers the complete works of Corso, one of the four major Beat Generation writers (with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs) who attempted to provide an alternative to what they saw as the academic forms of literature dominating American writing through the 1940s and 1950s."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Speaking of God in an Inhumane World Volume 1 written by Christopher Rowland and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-02-28 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume collection of essays on the Bible and social justice, liberation theology, and radical Christianity by Christopher Rowland addresses the question raised by Gustavo Gutiérrez about how we can speak of God as a loving parent in a world that continues to be so inhumane. These essays by an esteemed New Testament scholar represent intellectual interests of a lifetime as he integrated exegesis of the New Testament texts in their first-century contexts and located their interpretations within the quests for meaning and significance that exist within contemporary society. These essays represent mostly the latter concern—exploring Christian Scripture, which has informed the lives of men and women down the centuries—as they interpret both contexts, and in doing so make a significant contribution to contextual theology that should be heard by the inhabitants of both contexts. The first volume of Speaking of God in an Inhumane World includes essays on liberation theology and radical Christianity; the second volume focuses primarily on radical Christianity and includes reflections on Gerrard Winstanley, William Blake, William Stringfellow, and others.
Download or read book Representing Children in Chinese and U S Children s Literature written by Claudia Nelson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together children’s literature scholars from China and the United States, this collection provides an introduction to the scope and goals of a field characterized by active but also distinctive scholarship in two countries with very different rhetorical traditions. The volume’s five sections highlight the differences between and overlapping concerns of Chinese and American scholars, as they examine children’s literature with respect to cultural metaphors and motifs, historical movements, authorship, didacticism, important themes, and the current status of and future directions for literature and criticism. Wide-ranging and admirably ambitious in its encouragement of communication between scholars from two major nations, Representing Children in Chinese and U.S. Children’s Literature serves as a model for examining how and why children’s literature, more than many literary forms, circulates internationally.
Download or read book The Enlightenment and Its Effects on Modern Society written by Milan Zafirovski and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-12-25 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Enlightenment of the late 17th and 18th century is characterized by an emphasis on reason and empiricism . As a major shaping philosophy of Western culture, it had a historical impact on the religious, cultural, academic, and social institutions of 18th century Europe. In this compelling volume, the author explores the lasting impact of Enlightenment thinking on modern Western societies and other democracies. With an interdisciplinary, comparative-historical approach this volume explores the impact of Enlightenment ideals such as liberty, equality, and social justice on current social institutions. Combining sociological theory with concrete examples, the author provides a unique framework for understanding modern cultural development, including a picture of how it would look without this Enlightenment basis. This work provides a multi-faceted approach, including: an historical overview, analysis of the Enlightenment’s influence on modern democratic societies, modern culture, political science, civil society and the economy, as well as exploring the counter-Enlightenment, Post-Enlightenment, and Neo-Enlightenment philosophies.
Download or read book The Animal s Defender and Zoophilist written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Animal Welfare and Human Values written by Rod Preece and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2010-10-30 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the most populous province in Canada, Ontario is a microcosm of the animal welfare issues which beset Western civilization. The authors of this book, chairman and vice-chairman, respectively, of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, find themselves constantly being made aware of the atrocities committed in the Society’s jurisdiction. They have been, in turn, puzzled, exasperated and horrified at humanity’s cruelty to our fellow sentient beings. The issues discussed in this book are the most contentious in animal welfare disputes — animal experimentation, fur-farming and trapping, the use of animals for human entertainment and the conditions under which animals are raised for human consumption. They are complex issues and should be thought about fairly and seriously. The authors, standing squarely on the side of the animals, suggest “community” and “belonging” as concepts through which to understand our relationships to other species. They ground their ideas in Wordsworth’s “primal sympathy” and Jung’s “unconscious identity” with the animal realm. The philosophy developed in this book embraces common sense and compromise as the surest paths to the goal of animal welfare. It requires respect and consideration for other species while acknowledging our primary obligations to our fellow humans.
Download or read book Animals and Women written by Carol J. Adams and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1995-11-14 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals and Women is a collection of pioneering essays that explores the theoretical connections between feminism and animal defense. Offering a feminist perspective on the status of animals, this unique volume argues persuasively that both the social construction and oppressions of women are inextricably connected to the ways in which we comprehend and abuse other species. Furthermore, it demonstrates that such a focus does not distract from the struggle for women’s rights, but rather contributes to it. This wide-ranging multidisciplinary anthology presents original material from scholars in a variety of fields, as well as a rare, early article by Virginia Woolf. Exploring the leading edge of the species/gender boundary, it addresses such issues as the relationship between abortion rights and animal rights, the connection between woman-battering and animal abuse, and the speciesist basis for much sexist language. Also considered are the ways in which animals have been regarded by science, literature, and the environmentalist movement. A striking meditation on women and wolves is presented, as is an examination of sexual harassment and the taxonomy of hunters and hunting. Finally, this compelling collection suggests that the subordination and degradation of women is a prototype for other forms of abuse, and that to deny this connection is to participate in the continued mistreatment of animals and women.
Download or read book Making Sense written by Ralf Hertel and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-07-26 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction is fascinating. All it provides us with is black letters on white pages, yet while we read we do not have the impression that we are merely perceiving abstract characters. Instead, we see the protagonists before our inner eye and hear their voices. Descriptions of sumptuous meals make our mouths water, we feel physically repelled by depictions of violence or are aroused by the erotic details of sexual conquests. We submerge ourselves in the fictional world that no longer stays on the paper but comes to life in our imagination. Reading turns into an out-of-the-body experience or, rather, an in-another-body experience, for we perceive the portrayed world not only through the protagonist's eyes but also through his ears, nose, tongue, and skin. In other words, we move through the literary text as if through a virtual reality. How does literature achieve this trick? How does it turn mere letters into vividly experienced worlds? This study argues that techniques of sensuous writing contribute decisively to bringing the text to life in the reader's imagination. In detailed interpretations of British novels of the 1980s and 1990s by writers such as John Berger, John Banville, Salman Rushdie, Jeanette Winterson, or J. M. Coetzee, it uncovers literary strategies for turning the sensuous experience into words and for conveying it to the reader, demonstrating how we make sense in, and of, literature. Both readers interested in the contemporary novel and in the sensuousness of the reading experience will profit from this innovative study that not only analyses the interest of contemporary authors in the senses but also pin-points literary entry points for the sensuous force of reading.
Download or read book The Dickensian written by Bertram Waldrom Matz and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
