The politics of total liberation : Revolution for the 21st Century / by Steven Best.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Best, Steven.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social justice.

Animal rights movement.

Environmental justice.

Physical Description:

xiv, 187 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

The Politics of Total Liberation vividly articulates the crises haunting the social and natural worlds, which are coming apart under the impact of global capitalism, human overpopulation, species extinction, and runaway climate change. Steven Best contextualizes the twenty-first century as the decisive moment in human history wherein our actions will determine whether the future will be merely burdensome or catastrophic. Overcoming this crisis demands a new politics of total liberation that unites the disparate movements for human, animal, and earth liberation. Avoiding bravado or false optimism, Best questions humanity's ability to rise to the occasion and dares to imagine a "world without us." Book jacket.

Contents:

Preface : crisis and the crossroads of history

The animal standpoint

The new abolitionism : capitalism, slavery, and animal liberation

The paralysis of pacifism : in defense of militant direct action

Rethinking revolution : veganism, animal liberation, ecology, and the left

Minding the animals : cognitive ethology and the obsolescence of left humanism

Moral progress and the struggle for human evolution

Conclusion : reflections on activism and hope in a dying world and suicidal culture.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781137471116

1137471115

OCLC:

881406993