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Confronting cruelty : moral orthodoxy and the challenge of the animal rights movement / by Lyle Munro.

Title
Confronting cruelty : moral orthodoxy and the challenge of the animal rights movement / by Lyle Munro.
Author
Munro, Lyle.
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

Holdings

Details

Description
218 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
Annotation
Series Statement
Human-animal studies, 1573-4226 ; v. 1
Uniform Title
Human-animal studies ; v. 1.
Subject
  • Animal Rights
  • Animal Rights > Great Britain
  • Animal Rights > United States
  • Animal Welfare
  • Animal Welfare > Great Britain
  • Animal Welfare > United States
  • Animal rights activists > Australia > History
  • Animal rights activists > Great Britain > History
  • Animal rights activists > United States > History
  • Animal rights movement > Australia > History
  • Animal rights movement > Great Britain > History
  • Animal rights movement > United States > History
  • Animal welfare > Australia > History
  • Animal welfare > Great Britain > History
  • Animal welfare > United States > History
  • Australia
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-214) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Animal abuse as a social problem -- Ch. 3. The animal problem in social context -- Ch. 4. Cruelty and compassion in a decent society -- Ch. 5. Diagnosing cruelty : intellectual work in animal advocacy -- Ch. 6. Practising animal activism : exposure and interference strategies -- Ch. 7. Mobilising emotions : affective work in animal protection -- Ch. 8. Conclusion.
ISBN
9004143114 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2004062547