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1. 1. Animal Protection in the Anthropocene

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Nanna Friman; [2022]
   Keywords : animal protection; animal welfarism; animal rights; idea analysis; debate; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Increasing knowledge of animals’ physical and emotional needs calls for a constant revision of how to best protect them through legislation – a contentious issue with two main perspectives: animal rights and animal welfarism. The two perspectives represent an anthropocentric and a post-anthropocentric ethical approach to animal protection, making the subject interesting also as a case of balancing human and non-human interests in politics. READ MORE

3. 2. Intersectional oppression across species boundaries: Swedish dairy production as force of oppressive ideology and practice

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Jana Canavan; [2016]
   Keywords : intersectionality of oppression; speciesism; animal welfarism; Swedish dairy farming; critical animal studies; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study demonstrates that the anthropocentric human-animal divide perpetuates violent ideologies and practices by emphasising the intersectionality of oppression across species boundaries. Taking the practice of Swedish dairy farming and inherent ideologies as a case of such intersectional oppression, the Othering of bovines and their treatment as means of production is problematised. READ MORE