This 3rd podcast briefly mentions my last blog entry on "rituals of dominionism," looks at the social contructionist approach in sociology, and identifies the central role of the ideology of animal welfarism in Stephen Clark's "Devices of the Heathen" and in understanding its part in support of speciesism.
LISTEN | MP3 | 32 minutes | English
Main sources used for this podcast.
Berger, P.L. and Luckmann, T. (1966) The Social Construction of Reality, New York: Anchor.
Best, J. (1995) 'Debates about Constructionism' in E. Rubington and M.S. Weinberg (eds.) The Study of Social Problems, 5th ed, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Clark, S.R.L. (1984) The Moral Status of Animals, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Clark, S.R.L. (1991) 'Animals', in J. O. Urmson and J. Ree (eds). The Concise Encyclopedia of Western Philosophy and Philosophers, London and New York: Routledge.
Francione, G.L. (2000) Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog?, Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Miller, G. and Holstein, J.A. (1993) 'Reconsidering social constructionism', in J.A. Holstein and G. Miller (eds.), Reconsidering Social Constructionism: Debates in Social Problems Theory, New York: Aldine De Gruyer.
Munro, L. (1998) 'Framing Cruelty: The construction of duck shooting as a social problem', Society and Animals, Vol 5(2).
Newman, D.M. (1995) Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life, Thousands Oaks, CA: Pine Forge.
Scarce, R. (1998) 'Socially constructing Pacific salmon', Society and Animals, vol 5(2) - www. psyeta.org/sa/ sa5.2/scarce.html
3 comments:
thank you for another fine podcast episode :)
Wonderful! This podcast filled in many of the blanks for me... Understanding how our "facts" of accepted animal use came to be and how society perpetuates these myths, answers many quetions I had.
And the quote by Henry Salt comes at a perfect time, as I'm in the midst of a debate with a person who hunts. Although I understood the premise of "use and conservation" justifications before; I would not have put it as eloquently as Salt did: "No kind protector to eat them".
Thanks for all you do. :)
Thanks for the comments Jay & Bea.
The new post on Bourdieu may help fill some more blanks too, I hope.
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