Animal Studies and Philosophy

Rebekah Humphreys (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2025
Polity Press (Verlag)
978-1-5095-5165-1 (ISBN)

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Philosophers since Aristotle have studied animals and issues arising from their use. Over the past decade, there has been growing interest in ‘Critical Animal Studies’: a field that integrates the work of scholars from a range of disciplines – not least philosophy – to shed light on animal–human relations. This is the first textbook to provide a survey of Critical Animal Studies from a distinctly philosophical perspective.

Rebekah Humphreys demonstrates how philosophical arguments play a key role in our proper understanding of the field, and synthesises these with a broad web of ideas from other disciplines. Incorporating the ethological research of scientists who study animal behaviour, she reveals what is at stake philosophically in our understanding of the interactions between humans and animals. A fresh approach is needed if we are to end the worst abuses against animals.

Animal Studies and Philosophy is a groundbreaking and invaluable text for students and scholars alike.

Rebekah Humphreys is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Wales Trinity St David.

Acknowledgements

Introduction
1 Animals in Philosophy
2 Animals, Interests, Rights, and Philosophy
3 Animals, Other Minds, and Philosophy
4 Ethology, Epistemology, and Philosophy
5 Humans, Other Animals and Their Environment
6 The International Agenda, Current Crises, and Food System Transformation Post-Covid-19
7 Anthropomorphic Animals and Philosophy
8 Breaking Free?
Appendix of Images: The Harms We Do—Making the Invisible Visible
Glossary

References
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.12.2025
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Veterinärmedizin
ISBN-10	1-5095-5165-4 / 1509551654
ISBN-13	978-1-5095-5165-1 / 9781509551651
Zustand	Neuware