Animals in the Sociologies of Westermarck and Durkheim

• Main Author: Tuomivaara, Salla (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
• Subjects: Ethics.; Sociology.; Animal welfare.; Moral Philosophy.; Sociology, general.; Animal Welfare/Animal Ethics.

This book explores why animals, at some point, disappeared from the realm and scope of sociology. The role of sociology in the construction of a science of the 'human' has been substantial, building representations of the human sphere of life as unique. Within the sociological tradition ho...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Why study the roots of exclusion of animals in sociology?
• 2. The era of Westermarck and Durkheim: sociology and society
• 3. Common interests and debates between Durkheim and Westermarck
• 4. Diversity of animals in Durkheim's and Westermarck's texts
• 5. Different animals of Westermarck and Durkheim
• 6. Uses of animals in early sociology
• 7. Different Others of Westermarck and Durkheim
• 8. Different ideas of humans of Durkheim and Westermarck
• 9. Conclusion.