Making a killing : the political economy of animal rights / by Bob Torres.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torres, Bob.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal rights.

Human-animal relationships.

Physical Description:

vi, 171 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh ; Oakland, CA : AK, 2007.

Summary:

Suggest to the average leftist that animals should be a part of broader liberation struggles and-once they stop laughing-you'll find yourself casually dismissed. With a focus on labor, property, and the life of commodities, Making A Killing contains key insights into the broad nature of domination, power, and hierarchy. It explores the intersections between human and animal oppressions in relation to the exploitative dynamics of capitalism. Combining nuts-and-bolts Marxist political economy, a pluralistic anarchist critique, as well as a searing assessment of the animal rights movement, Bob Torres challenges conventional anti-capitalist thinking and convincingly advocates for the abolition of animals in industry-and on the dinner plate.

Contents:

I Taking Equality Seriously 1

II Chained Commodities 13

III Property, Violence, and the Roots of Oppression 57

IV Animal Rights and Wrongs 89

V You Cannot Buy the Revolution 123.

ISBN:

9781904859673

1904859674

OCLC:

173720867