Corporal Compassion

Author : Ralph R. Acampora
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006-07-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0822971070

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Corporal Compassion by Ralph R. Acampora Pdf

Most approaches to animal ethics ground the moral standing of nonhumans in some appeal to their capacities for intelligent autonomy or mental sentience. Corporal Compassion emphasizes the phenomenal and somatic commonality of living beings; a philosophy of body that seeks to displace any notion of anthropomorphic empathy in viewing the moral experiences of nonhuman living beings. Ralph R. Acampora employs phenomenology, hermeneutics, existentialism and deconstruction to connect and contest analytic treatments of animal rights and liberation theory. In doing so, he focuses on issues of being and value, and posits a felt nexus of bodily being, termed symphysis, to devise an interspecies ethos. Acampora uses this broad-based bioethic to engage in dialogue with other strains of environmental ethics and ecophilosophy. Corporal Compassion examines the practical applications of the somatic ethos in contexts such as laboratory experimentation and zoological exhibition and challenges practitioners to move past recent reforms and look to a future beyond exploitation or total noninterference--a posthumanist culture that advocates caring in a participatory approach.

Author : Lisa Yount
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781438130637

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Animal Rights by Lisa Yount Pdf

Praise for the previous edition: ...an excellent first-stop resource for research on animal rights...well organized, clearly written, and a great starting point for research...Recommended.-Choice...comprehensive...invaluable for reports on a popular current topic.-VOYA... a] very complete research guide that will be most useful at the high school and college level.-American Reference Books AnnualThe treatment of animals has become a controversial issue over the years, with many questioning an animal's fundamental rights. For some, the issue of animal rights is merely an attempt to improve conditions of animals used for clothing, food, and other products, while others believe animals should be granted the same legal rights afforded to humans. Animal Rights, Revised Edition provides an overview of the history of the animal rights movement and reactions to it, as well as the issues of animal experimentation, conditions on factory farms, laboratory animals, animals in entertainment, hunting, and the actions of those involved in the animal rights debate. New content includes such documents as the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act of 2006 and contemporary court cases such as Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Glickman. These documents provide both past and present perspectives on the issue and plot a course for future debate about animal rights. A comprehensive and up-to-date overview essay, capsule biographies, a large annotated bibliography, a chronology of significant events, organization and agency listings, and a glossary all combine to make this an ideal first-stop reference to animal rights.Coverage includes: Whether medical testing performed on animals is ethicalWhether animals should be banned from circuses and other forms of entertainmentHow threats against investors in companies that participate in animal drug testing should be handle

Author : Dan Wylie
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781776142194

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Death and Compassion by Dan Wylie Pdf

Author : Elisa Aaltola
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781786606112

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Varieties of Empathy by Elisa Aaltola Pdf

Empathy is a term used increasingly both in moral theory and animal ethics. Yet, its precise meaning is often left unexplored. The book aims to tackle this by clarifying the different and even contradictory ways in which “empathy” can be defined.

Author : Magnus Englander,Susi Ferrarello
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Caring
ISBN : 9781538154113

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Empathy and Ethics by Magnus Englander,Susi Ferrarello Pdf

The authors offer a phenomenological reflection on the problem of the interconnection between empathy and ethics; essential reading for professionals and scholars of philosophy, psychiatry, health science, psychology, and sociology.

Author : Peta Tait
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000464436

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Forms of Emotion by Peta Tait Pdf

Forms of Emotion analyses how drama, theatre and contemporary performance present emotion and its human and nonhuman diversity. This book explores the emotions, emotional feelings, mood, and affect, which make up a spectrum of ‘emotion’, to illuminate theatrical knowledge and practice and reflect the distinctions and debates in philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, and other disciplines. This study asserts that specific forms of emotion are intentionally unified in drama, theatre, and performance to convey meaning, counteract separation and subversively champion emotional freedom. The book progressively shows that the dramatic and theatrical representation of the nonhuman reveals how human dominance is offset by emotional connection with birds, animals, and the natural environment. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers interested in the emotions and affect in dramatic literature, theatre studies, performance studies, psychology, and philosophy as well as artists working with emotionally expressive performance.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004411135

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Bodies in the Streets: The Somaesthetics of City Life by Anonim Pdf

Thirteen original essays explore the qualities and challenges of urban life (in Europe, Asia, and the Americas) from a variety of disciplinary perspectives that illustrate the aesthetic, cultural, and political roles of bodies in the city streets.

Author : Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780739145494

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Strangers to Nature by Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker Pdf

Strangers to Nature challenges a reading public that has grown complacent with the standard framework of the animal ethics debate. Human influence on, and the control of, the natural world has greater consequences than ever, making the human impact on the lives of animals more evident. We cannot properly interrogate our conduct in the world without a deeper understanding of how our actions affect animals. It is crucial that the human-animal relationship become more central to ethical inquiry. This volume brings together many of the leading scholars who work to redefine and expand the discourse on animal ethics. The contributors examine the radical developments that change how we think about the status of non-human animals in our society and our moral obligations. Strangers to Natures will engage both scholars and lay-people by revealing the breadth of theorizing about current human/non-human animal relationships.

Author : M. Thomas Inge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995-02-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521383776

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William Faulkner by M. Thomas Inge Pdf

The first comprehensive collection of contemporary published reactions to the writing of William Faulkner from 1926 to 1962, these articles document the response of reviewers to specific works, and chronicle the development of Faulkner's reputation among the nation's book reviewers. It has often been assumed that a poor reception in the popular review publications contributed to Faulkner's lack of commercial success. The material presented here tends to refute that assumption, clarifying the development of Faulkner's literary career and providing a fuller understanding of the part played by book reviewing in the sales, promotion, and success of American literature.

Author : Erika Quinn,Holly Yanacek
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110753677

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Animals, Machines, and AI by Erika Quinn,Holly Yanacek Pdf

Sentient animals, machines, and robots abound in German literature and culture, but there has been surprisingly limited scholarship on non-human life forms in German studies. This volume extends interdisciplinary research in emotion studies to examine non-humans and the affective relationships between humans and non-humans in modern German cultural history. In recent years, fascination with emotions, developments in robotics, and the burgeoning of animal studies in and beyond the academy have given rise to questions about the nature of humanity. Using sources from the life sciences, literature, visual art, poetry, philosophy, and photography, this collection interrogates not animal or machine emotions per se, but rather uses animals and machines as lenses through which to investigate human emotions and the affective entanglements between humans and non-humans. The COVID-19 pandemic made us more keenly aware of the importance of both animals and new technologies in our daily lives, and this volume ultimately sheds light on the centrality of non-humans in the human emotional world and the possibilities that relationships with non-humans offer for enriching that world.

Author : Dominik Ohrem,Matthew Calarco
Publisher : Springer
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783319925042

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Exploring Animal Encounters by Dominik Ohrem,Matthew Calarco Pdf

This collection of essays offers multifaceted explorations of animal encounters in a range of philosophical, cultural, literary, and historical contexts. Exploring Animal Encounters encourages us to think about the richness and complexity of animal lives and human-animal relations, foregrounding the intricate roles nonhuman creatures play in the always already more-than-human sphere of ethics and politics. In this way, the essays in this volume can be understood as a contribution to alternative imaginings of interspecies coexistence in a time in which the issue of human relations with earth and earth others has come to the fore with unprecedented force and severity.

Author : Linda Tallberg,Lindsay Hamilton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780192664198

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The Oxford Handbook of Animal Organization Studies by Linda Tallberg,Lindsay Hamilton Pdf

Just as climate change and environmental sustainability have become growing concerns in public discourse, so too have they become a persistent focus in business and organization studies. It is increasingly acknowledged that humans and animals do not dwell in separate spheres; rather, they are entangled in a number of commercial or organizational settings, and organization theory needs to respond more comprehensively to this more-than-human shift in outlook. Important questions continue to arise about the nature of contemporary organization and organizing practices: who are these for? Who benefits from the operation of increasingly globalized capital markets? What place is there for the nonhuman animals in all this organization? What place is there for multispecies companionship, solidarity, and mutual value creation today and in the future, if any? This volume brings together interdisciplinary work on human-animal relationships within business, management, and organization for the first time. It maps the contours of an emerging new discipline, here termed 'Animal Organization Studies', touching on the politics, theory, and empirical experience of multispecies life-worlds. Spanning a number of disciplinary approaches including critical geography, critical management studies, social studies of science, and human-animal studies, the volume highlights the contact points as well as the tensions in humanity's relationship with a range of animal species and habitats. It holds relevance for those investigating debates around humanism and its futures; environmental and sustainability matters; the experience of working with and on animals, and the future of animal consumption and production.

Author : Mick Smith,Liz Bondi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317144649

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Emotion, Place and Culture by Mick Smith,Liz Bondi Pdf

Recent years have witnessed a rapid rise in engagement with emotion and affect across a broad range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, with geographers among others making a significant contribution by examining the emotional intersections between people and places. Building on the achievements of Emotional Geographies (2005), the editors have brought together leading scholars such as Nigel Thrift, Alphonso Lingis and Frances Dyson as well as young, up and coming academics from a diverse range of disciplines to investigate feelings and affect in various spatial and social contexts, environments and landscapes. The book is divided into five sections covering the themes of remembering, understanding, mourning, belonging, and enchanting.

Author : Atsuko Matsuoka,John Sorenson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786606488

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Critical Animal Studies by Atsuko Matsuoka,John Sorenson Pdf

This volume offers an important contribution to the field of Critical Animal Studies. It charts new territory by showcasing recent research, key debates and emerging trends and features an international and transdisciplinary team of academics and activists. Ideal for advanced-level students in Critical Animal Studies and the wider Social Sciences.

Author : Drew Leder
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780226396101

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The Distressed Body by Drew Leder Pdf

Returning to some of the issues in his now classic book The Absent Body published by this Press in 1990, philosopher and physician Drew Leder turns his attention in his new book to distressed bodies the experience of illness and pain, and a variety of medical responses thereto; the experience of being imprisoned in our age of mass incarceration; and also the mis-treatment of animal bodies, as in modern factory farms. Yet this book is not just about suffering, but the healing of suffering. Each chapter takes up a single topic -- be it the experience of pain, the use of pills in medicine, organ transplantation, or factory farming employing interpretive tools appropriate to the issue. At the same time, the book clarifies for the reader how each chapter connects to and builds upon previous material. After a general Introduction, the book s first section is called Illness and Treatment: Phenomenological Investigations. It uses phenomenological methods, largely, though not exclusively, to examine what is it to be ill or in pain, and how modern medicine does and could -- respond. This leads us into Section Two of the book, Medicine and Bioethics: Hermeneutical Reflections. In this section, Leder uses tools explicitly and implicitly drawn from figures like Heidegger and Gadamer. Up to now the focus has been on the ill body and its treatment by the medical system. But this is far from the only sort of distressed body. In Section Three, Discarded and Recovered Bodies Leder reveals striking parallels between the lifeworlds of animals and prisoners. This stunning collection of essays showcases Leder s powerful and imaginative intellect."