Animal Rights/Human Rights: Entanglements of Oppression and Liberation

by David A. Nibert

Book Overview

This accessible and cutting-edge work offers a new look at the history of western 'civilization, ' one that brings into focus the interrelated suffering of oppressed humans and other animals. Nibert argues that the oppression both of humans and of other species of animals is inextricably tangled within the structure of social arrangements. Nibert asserts that human use and mistreatment of other animals are not natural and do little to further the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742517764
• ISBN13: 9780742517769
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 9.3"