MIĘDZY CZŁOWIEKIEM A BESTIĄ: Animalising Social Life: An introduction

Wilkie, Rhoda

doi:10.5604/20842937.1122753

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“…In the intervening years, the field of human–animal studies saw considerable growth with dedicated journals like Anthrozoös and Society and Animals being established (in 1987 and 1992 respectively). Wilkie (2014: 14–15) argues that a confluence of events led to the rise of human–animal studies: (1) an interest in animal-assisted therapies following the pioneering work of Levinson (1978), (2) the rise of the animal liberation movement and attendant philosophical considerations of the rights of other species, largely credited to the publication of Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation (1975), 2 (3) developments in animal science demonstrating animal intelligence, sentience, emotion and communication disseminated to an interested public through television documentaries, and (4) food scares in the 1980s and 1990s that increased interest/concern in animal agriculture.…”

Section: The Sociological Animal Studies Fieldmentioning

confidence: 99%

For an Emancipatory Animal Sociology

Taylor

Sutton

2018

Journal of Sociology

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Sociologists have contributed to the development of the animal studies field in recent decades. However, many of these ventures have been anthropocentric, stopping short of sociological calls for animal liberation despite the fact that critical sociological concepts are often the (unspoken) antecedents of such work. Here, we present a systematic review of peer-reviewed sociological articles on human-animal relationships since 1979. Our analysis identified key themes supporting charges of anthropocentrism, but also aspects of politicised animal sociology. Based on this we call for sociological animal studies to incorporate a specifically Emancipatory Animal Sociology: an approach grounded in a social justice and emancipatory praxis that explicitly and critically engages with the material conditions of animals' lives, taking into account the experiences and knowledge of activists and others working directly with animals and, where possible, centres the animals themselves.

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Section: The Sociological Animal Studies Fieldmentioning

confidence: 99%