A Rational Approach to Animal Rights [electronic resource] : Extensions in Abolitionist Theory /
Wrenn, Corey.author.
Applying critical sociological theory, this book explores the shortcomings of popular tactics in animal liberation efforts. Building a case for a scientifically-grounded grassroots approach, it is argued that professionalized advocacy that works in the service of theistic, capitalist, patriarchal institutions will find difficulty achieving success.
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Cover ; Half-Title ; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Rationality and Nonhuman Animal Rights                                               ; The abolitionist departure                                 ; The reign of irrationality in Nonhuman Animal rights activism                                                                    ; An appeal to reason                          ; Building a rational approach
2 Irrationalities in Welfarist Organizational Pathways                                                             A sociological perspective on Nonhuman Animal rights mobilization                                                                        ; Social movement rationalization                                      ; The irrationality of rational organization                                                 ; A new age of rationalization                                   ; A working compromise in rationality
3 Rational Advocacy and the Logic of Persuasion                                                      Cognition and behavior change                                    ; Analogizing single-issue campaigning                                           ; Revisiting other popular tactics                                       ; 4 Reconciling Gender and Rationality                                           ; Individualism, feminism, and Nonhuman Animal rights advocacy
Patriarchy and the production of knowledge and reality                                                             Power, politics, and science                                   ; A feminist-positive approach to rationality in Nonhuman Animal rights                                                                            ; 5 Problematizing Post-Race Ideology                                          ; The invisibility of race in Nonhuman Animal advocacy
Nonhuman Animal advocacy as a project of racism                                                      Authentic abolitionism                             ; 6 The Case for Secular Activism                                      ; Religion and oppression                              ; Faith-based outreach                           ; Authority and resistance                               ; Atheism in the anthroparchy                                  ; 7 Conclusion                   ; Minding the evidence                           ; An intersectional approach
Capitalist complications
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Applying critical sociological theory, this book explores the shortcomings of popular tactics in animal liberation efforts. Building a case for a scientifically-grounded grassroots approach, it is argued that professionalized advocacy that works in the service of theistic, capitalist, patriarchal institutions will find difficulty achieving success.
Political philosophy.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Ethics.
Critical theory.
Community psychology.
Environmental psychology.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
Ethics.
Moral Philosophy.
Critical Theory.
Community and Environmental Psychology.