Mobilizing Traditions in the First Wave of the British Animal Defense Movement

• Main Author: Li, Chien-hui (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
• Subjects: Ethics.; Great Britain-History.; Political philosophy.; Social sciences-Philosophy.; Moral Philosophy.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Political Philosophy.; Social Philosophy.

This book explores the British animal defense movement's mobilization of the cultural and intellectual traditions of its time- from Christianity and literature, to natural history, evolutionism and political radicalism- in its struggle for the cause of animals in the nineteenth and early twenti...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1- Introduction: Mobilizing Traditions for Animals
• Chapter 2- Mobilizing the Christianity Tradition: True Patriots and the Sacrificial Spirit of Christ
• Chapter 3- Mobilizing Political Traditions: We Want Justice, Not Charity
• Chapter 4- Mobilizing the Natural History Tradition: The Intelligent Dog and the Affectionate Spider
• Chapter 5- Mobilizing the Evolutionary Tradition: A Darwinian Revolution in Animal Ethics?
• Chapter 6- Mobilizing Literary Traditions: "The Ultimate Word Will be Spoken...By the Heart"
• Chapter 7- Final Reflections. .