Name: Animals and the Right to Politics
Price: 7200.00 TWD
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Author: Sue Donaldson;Will Kymlicka
ISBN: 9780198988236

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Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Author

Sue Donaldson;Will Kymlicka

Year

2025

Pages

348

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.40 x 15.60 cm

ISBN13

9780198988236

Animals and the Right to Politics

Sue Donaldson;Will Kymlicka (Author) · Oxford University Press · Hardcover

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Synopsis "Animals and the Right to Politics"

This ground-breaking volume by two of the most influential writers in the field makes the radical argument that animals have a right to be recognized as political subjects and agents, and as members of political communities entitled to self-determination.

The assumption that only humans can engage in politics - that only humans are ''zoon politikon'' - is foundational to the Western tradition of political philosophy. While there is increasing recognition of animals'' moral status (both within moral philosophy and at the level of public opinion), animals are not recognized as political subjects. This carefully researched but accessibly written volume - following on from the authors'' earlier book Zoopolis - argues that animals too have a right to politics: a right to be recognized as political subjects and agents, and as members of political communities entitled to collective self-determination. The book draws on recent scientific work on animal societies, cultures, and decision-making, as well as recent work by political theorists rethinking ideas of agency and community - especially the significance of emplaced and embodied encounters and relationships to the activity of politics. Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka draw a picture of what it would mean to create spaces and practices, not only for politics conducted by humans on behalf of animals, but also politics with and by animals on their own terms. It then explores how this approach could inform a wide range of contemporary debates in human-animal relations, including wildlife conservation, urban planning, and animal labour.