Making a Killing The Political Economy of Animal Rights

Name: Making a Killing The Political Economy of Animal Rights
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ISBN: 9781904859673

ISBN-10: 1904859674

ISBN-13: 9781904859673

Edition: 2008

Authors: Bob Torres

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"He's my kinda man."-Sarah Kramer, co-author of How it all Vegan Suggest to the average leftist that animals should be part of broader liberation struggles, and-once they stop laughing-you'll find yourself casually dismissed. Starting from this skepticism regarding animal liberation, Bob Torres draws broadly upon Left theory to show how human oppression and animal oppression are intertwined through the exploitative dynamics of capitalism. With a focus on labor, property, and the life of commodities, Making a Killing contains key insights on the nature of domination, power, and hierarchy, and argues for a critical social theory that understands the human domination of nature in terms of the…

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List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: AK Press
Publication date: 11/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 185
Size: 5.60" wide x 8.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Bob Torresis the author ofMaking a Killingas well as several essays that have appeared inCritical Sociology,International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, theJournal of Latinos and Education, andSatyamagazine.Jenna Torresnbsp;is a frequent personality on vegan talk shows who has been on Animal Voices Radio and has been quoted as an expert inNewsweek,Veg News, andVegetarians and Vegans in the World Today. They cohostnbsp;Vegan Freakradio shownbsp;and live in Colton, New York.



Dedication


Acknowledgments



Taking Equality Seriously



Chained Commodities



Property, Violence, and the Roots of Oppression



Animal Rights and Wrongs



You Cannot Buy the Revolution


Notes


Index