The Poverty of Animals

This book makes a theoretical contribution to animal rights issues from a Marxist perspective. Drawing on ethics, politics, and philosophy, it focuses on how to create a social formation that will improve animal welfare.

Autorentext

Mehmet Kanatli is Lecturer at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Hitit University, Turkey. He received his MA from the Political Theory programme at Manchester University, UK, and his PhD from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at METU, Turkey. He is also the author of Private Property, Freedom and Order: Social Contract Theories from Hobbes to Rawls (Routledge, 2021). He is interested in a wide range of social science disciplines from international relations to political theory, with a specialisation in theories of democracies, political ideologies, and political thought.

Inhalt

Introduction. 1. Why Do We Need a Marxist Theory of Animal Welfare? 2. Marx and Animal Welfare 3. Capitalism and the Poverty of Animals 4. What Can Be Done for Animal Welfare? Conclusion