Tag: Animal Studies

November 8, 2019

Why Animal Communication Is Not Language: The Gap Between Expressing Emotion and Sharing Knowledge

“In this work, the distinguished psychologist Herbert S. Terrace illustrates a unique comparative perspective on the nature and evolution of language.” ~ Charles Yang, author of The Infinite Gift: How Children Learn and Unlearn the Languages of the World To continue...

March 26, 2018

What Dogs Can Teach Us About Justice: A Conversation with Colin Dayan

The more I live and the more I see how politics works now in this country, the more I believe that prejudice is a perspectival technique. It’s about how someone sees, so through dogs you begin to see things differently....

July 15, 2014

New Book Tuesday: Interspecies Ethics, Esoteric Buddhist Rituals, and New Fiction from Dalkey Archive!

Our weekly list of new titles now available: Interspecies Ethics Cynthia Willett Spells, Images, and Mandalas: Tracing the Evolution of Esoteric Buddhist Rituals Koichi Shinohara Metamorphosis Nicholas Mosley The Tree with No Name Drago Jančar. Translated by Michael Biggins Ballerina,...

December 16, 2013

Gary Francione on the Animal Abolition Movement

Gary Francione, author of Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation was recently interviewed on Russia Today to discuss the animal abolition movement. In the interview argues that even though animals do not have the same cognitive...

May 3, 2013

David A. Nibert – New Welfarism, Veganism, and Capitalism

Read “New Welfarism, Veganism, and Capitalism,” an excerpt from Animal Oppression and Human Violence, by David A. Nibert.

May 2, 2013

David A. Nibert – A History of Domesecration, Part 2

Read the second of an essay by David A. Nibert, author of Animal Oppression and Human Violence, in which he discusses the pernicious effect the domesecration of animals has on humankind.

May 1, 2013

David A. Nibert – A History of Domesecration, Part 1

Read the first part of an essay by David A. Nibert, author of Animal Oppression and Human Violence, in which he discusses the history of the phenomenon of the oppression of nonhuman animals by humans.

April 30, 2013

Read the Introduction of Animal Oppression and Human Violence

Read the introduction to David A. Nibert’s Animal Oppression and Human Violence.

March 8, 2013

Colin Dayan on the Role of Dogs in Triomf

Colin Dayan, author of the forthcoming Like a Dog: Animal Law, Human Cruelty, and the Limits of Care, recently reviewed Marlene van Niekerk’s unjustly overlooked 2004 novel, Triomf for Public Books. The novel explores the lives of a poor white...

October 24, 2012

An interview with Margo DeMello on Animal Studies

Today, we have an interview with Professor DeMello, in which she discusses some problems with common human conceptions of animals.

October 17, 2012

Margo DeMello: Why Human-Animal Studies?

Margo DeMello offers an explanation of the field of human-animal studies and explains why it is important to study human-animal interactions.

October 15, 2012

Alasdair Cochrane: Making Animal Rights Inclusive

Alasdair Cochrane argues that we can treat animals fairly without advocating full animal liberation.