TY  - BOOK
AU  - TraiÌni,Christophe
TI  - The animal rights struggle: an essay in historical sociology 
T2  - Protest and social movements
SN  - 9789089648495
AV  - HV4705 .T73 2016
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Amsterdam
PB  - Amsterdam University Press
KW  - Animal rights
KW  - History
KW  - Animal welfare
KW  - Human-animal relationships
KW  - fast
N1  - Text translated by Richard Jemmett; Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-192) and index; 1. A long and complex struggle -- 2. Noble gentleness, vile cruelty -- 3. To act as an enlightened philosopher -- 4. To enlighten the ignorant, to refine the barbarian -- 5. "Us," the animals and "them" -- 6. The rise in the power of tenderness -- 7. (Animal) victims and social domination -- 8. A decreasingly "wild" nature
N2  - From the beginning of the 19th century to the present day, a host of campaigners have denounced the mistreatment of animals. Relying on a comparison of the British and French experiences, this book retraces the various strands of the animal protection movement, from their origins to their continuing impact on current debates. The story of the collective mobilizations behind the struggle for animal rights sheds light on several crucial processes in our social and political history: changes in sensibilities and socially approved emotions; the definition of what constitutes legitimate violence; the establishment of norms designed to change what constitutes morally acceptable practices; rivalry between elites having differing conceptions of the forms authority should take; the influence of religious belief on militant activities; and the effects of gender discrimination.-- c From publisher's description
ER  -