Applying critical sociological theory, this book explores the shortcomings of popular tactics in animal liberation efforts. Building a case for a scientifically-grounded grassroots approach, it is argued that professionalized advocacy that works in the service of theistic, capitalist, patriarchal institutions will find difficulty achieving success.

Keywords

Animal Rights
Atheism
Capitalism
Consumption
Critical Theory
Feminism
Food Justice
Gender
Intersectionality
Philosophy of Science
Race
Radical Theory
Rationality
Religion
Social Change
Social Inequality
Social Justice
Social Movements
Social Psychology
Sociology
critical theory
gender
Persuasion
philosophy
psychology
religion
social justice
social psychology
sociological theory
sociology

Authors and Affiliations

Colorado State University, USA

Corey Lee Wrenn

About the author

Corey Lee Wrenn is full-time lecturer of Sociology with Monmouth University and a distance instructor of Sociology at Colorado State University, US. She received her M.S. and B.A. from Virginia Tech. She was elected council member of the American Sociological Association's Animals & Society section (2013-2016) and has been published in several peer-reviewed academic journals.

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Book Title: A Rational Approach to Animal Rights
Book Subtitle: Extensions in Abolitionist Theory
Authors: Corey Lee Wrenn
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137434654
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-55267-2Published: 29 November 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-43465-4Published: 03 November 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 239
Topics: Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Critical Theory, Community and Environmental Psychology

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Rationality and Nonhuman Animal Rights

Irrationalities in Welfarist Organizational Pathways

Rational Advocacy and the Logic of Persuasion

Reconciling Gender and Rationality

Problematizing Post-Race Ideology

The Case for Secular Activism

Conclusion

Back Matter

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