Author : David Nibert
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231151896
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Animal Oppression and Human Violence by : David Nibert
Download or read book Animal Oppression and Human Violence written by David Nibert and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By comparing practices of animal exploitation for food and resources in different societies over time, David A. Nibert finds in the domestication of animals, which he renames "domesecration," a perversion of human ethics, the development of large-scale acts of violence, disastrous patterns of destruction, and epidemics of infectious disease.