Essays about: "speciesism"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the word speciesism.

  1. 6. The Elephant in the Courtroom: The Universality of Rights vs the Uniqueness of Human Animals in the Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Charmaine Murray; [2017]
    Keywords : RIGHTS ANIMAL HUMAN SPECIESISM LAW LEGAL EXCLUSION INTERCONNECTIVITY UNIVERSALITY; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The elephant in the courtroom is a metaphor for the overt problem facing the human rights discourse concerning the reluctance to recognize rights beyond the human animal. The growing global development of animal rights law in both the legislature and the judiciary of many jurisdictions, exposes the ethical dilemma of human rights that has been the defining characteristic of codified rights since their conception. READ MORE

  3. 7. "The Speciesism Gaze!?" : An ethical discursive analysis of animal right posters from a postcolonial, eco-critical and new materialist feminist perspective.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för sociala och psykologiska studier

    Author : Lena Johansson; [2017]
    Keywords : speciesism gaze; sexism; racism; grievability; killability; species necropolitics; anthropocentrism; androcentrism; anthropocene; intertextuality; intersectionality; eco-critical; new materialism feminism; post humanities; animal rights; blicken av speciesism; rasism; antropocentrism; androcentrism; antropocen; intertextualitet; intersektionalitet; eko-kritisk; djurs rätt;

    Abstract : Our western society and lifestyle is to a considerable extent depended on the way we perceive and treat our co-existing non-human species. Industrial farming, vivisection, sports, circuses etcetera are just a few examples of how human use and exploit animal bodies for own gain. READ MORE

  4. 8. 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

  5. 9. Women, Animals and Meat : A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Approach to Margaret Atwood's The Edible Woman and Michel Faber's Under the Skin

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Anne Drewett; [2016]
    Keywords : Margaret Atwood; The Edible Woman; Michel Faber; Under The Skin; Carol J. Adams; feminist-vegetarian critical theory; interlocking oppressions; absent referent; patriarchy; speciesism; gender; sexualisation; objectification; women; animals; meat;

    Abstract : In this thesis, Margaret Atwood’s The Edible Woman and Michel Faber’s Under the Skin are analysed from the perspective of feminist-vegetarian critical theory. Both texts deal with the idea of feeling like or being meat, but approach this idea from different angles. READ MORE

  6. 10. Earthlings : Considering the Status of Animals in Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Katarina Näslund; [2015]
    Keywords : Analysis of ideas; Dimensions; Utilitarianism; Animal rights; Speciesism; Animal welfare; Swedish politics; Food industry; Experimentation; Bestiality; Status; Idéanalys; Dimensioner; Utilitarism; Djurrätt; Djurvälfärd; Status;

    Abstract : Animal welfare is a topic subjected to great controversy, mostly within moral philosophy. The moral issue of human behaviour is often dealt with, alongside whether nonhuman animals are eligible certain rights. READ MORE