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Book SynopsisPresents the portrait of the evolution of the feminist-care tradition. This volume argues for ethical attentiveness and sympathy in our relationships with animals and propose a link between the subjugation of women and the human domination of nature. It includes an introduction that situates feminist animal care theory within feminist theory.
Trade ReviewAt the center of feminist inquiry, forcing us to face hard and interesting questions. Women's Review of Books This book is dubbed a reader and is without peer in that capacity. Serious students in (feminist) animal ethics should read it closely. -- David Sztybel Journal of Animal Ethics
Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction The War on Compassion (2006) Carol J. Adams Part I: Foundational Articles by 1985-1996 1. The Liberation of Nature: A Circular Affair (1985) Marti Kheel 2. Animal Rights and Feminist Theory (1990) Josephine Donovan 3. Toward an Ecological Ethic of Care (1991) Deane Curtin 4. Your Daughter or Your Dog? A Feminist Assessment of the Animal Research Issue (1991) Deborah Slicer 5. Justice, Caring, and Animal Liberation Brian Luke 6. The Caring Sleuth: Portrait of an Animal Rights Activist (1994) Kenneth Shapiro 7. Attention to Suffering: Sympathy as a Basis for Ethical Treatment of Animals (1994) Josephine Donovan 8. Caring About Suffering: A Feminist Exploration (1995) Carol J. Adams Part II: Responses by 1998-2006 9. Toward a Non-Property Status for Animals (1998) Thomas G. Kelch 10. Protecting Children and Animals from Abuse: A Trans-Species Concept of Caring (1999) James Garbarino 11. The Role of the Rational and the Emotive in a Theory of Animal Rights (1999) Thomas G. Kelch 12. The Ethic of Care and the Problem of Wild Animals (2003) Grace Clement 13. Of Mice and Men: A Feminist Fragment on Animal Rights (2004) Catharine A. MacKinnon 14. Empathy and Vegetarian Commitments (2004) Lori Gruen 15. On the Backs of Animals: The Valorization of Reason in Contemporary Animal Ethics (2005) Cathryn Bailey 16. Caring to Dialogue: Feminism and the Treatment of Animals (2006) Josephine Donovan Bibliography Contributors Index
