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oapen-20.500.12657-315802023-01-31T18:45:55Z Just a Dog Arluke, Arnold Sociology Cruelty to animals Dog Euthanasia Humane society No-kill shelter Psychiatrists define cruelty to animals as a psychological problem or personality disorder. Legally, animal cruelty is described by a list of behaviors. In Just a Dog, Arnold Arluke argues that our current constructs of animal cruelty are decontextualized—imposed without regard to the experience of the groups committing the act. Yet those who engage in animal cruelty have their own understandings of their actions and of themselves as actors. In this fascinating book, Arluke probes those understandings and reveals the surprising complexities of our relationships with animals. Just a Dog draws from interviews with more than 250 people, including humane agents who enforce cruelty laws, college students who tell stories of childhood abuse of animals, hoarders who chronically neglect the welfare of many animals, shelter workers who cope with the ethics of euthanizing animals, and public relations experts who use incidents of animal cruelty for fundraising purposes. 2017-03-01 23:55:55 2020-03-07 03:00:27 2020-04-01T13:40:33Z 2020-04-01T13:40:33Z 2006-06-01 book 626980 OCN: 568221737 9781592134717 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31580 eng Animals, Culture, and Society application/pdf n/a 626980.pdf Temple University Press 10.26530/oapen_626980 100302 10.26530/oapen_626980 126074ec-499d-4e24-a17f-09a9c593ec01 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781592134717 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 100302 KU Select 2016 Backlist Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Psychiatrists define cruelty to animals as a psychological problem or personality disorder. Legally, animal cruelty is described by a list of behaviors. In Just a Dog, Arnold Arluke argues that our current constructs of animal cruelty are decontextualized—imposed without regard to the experience of the groups committing the act. Yet those who engage in animal cruelty have their own understandings of their actions and of themselves as actors. In this fascinating book, Arluke probes those understandings and reveals the surprising complexities of our relationships with animals.
Just a Dog draws from interviews with more than 250 people, including humane agents who enforce cruelty laws, college students who tell stories of childhood abuse of animals, hoarders who chronically neglect the welfare of many animals, shelter workers who cope with the ethics of euthanizing animals, and public relations experts who use incidents of animal cruelty for fundraising purposes.
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