12.12.09

Podcast 8. The Religious Underpinning of Speciesism.

LISTEN | MP3 | 20 mins | English

Podcast References.

Bauman, Z. (1990) Thinking Sociologically, Oxford: Blackwell.

Beirne, P. (2007) "Animal rights, animal abuse and green criminology", in P. Beirne & N. South (eds.) Issues In Green Criminology: Confronting Harms Against Environments, Humanity and Other Animals, Cullompton, Devon: Willan.

Dess, N.K. & Chapman, C.D. (1998) "'Humans and Animals?' On Saying What We Mean", Psychological Science, Vol 9(2), March: 156-7.

Linzey, A. (1976) Animal Rights: A Christian Assessment, London: SCM Press.

Linzey, A. (1987) Christianity and the Rights of Animals, London: SCM Press.

Linzey, A. (1994) Animal Theology, London: SCM Press; (with T. Regan, eds.)

Luckmann, T. (1967) The Invisible Religion: The Problem of Religion in Modern Society, London: Macmillan.

Mason, J. (2005) An Unnatural Order: A Manifesto for Change, London: Lantern.

Noske, B. (1989) Humans and Other Animals, London: Pluto Press.

Ritvo, H. (1987) The Animals Estate: The English and Other Creatures in the Victorian Age, Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Ryder, R. D. (2000) Animal Revolution: Changing Attitudes Towards Speciesism, rev ed., Oxford: Blackwell.

Sargent, T. (1996) Animal Rights and Wrongs: A Biblical Perspective, London: Hodder & Stoughton.

Schwartz, R.H. (2001) Judaism and Vegetarianism, (rev. ed), New York: Lantern Books. [Francis of Assisi appears to have based his compassion for animals on notions of indirect duties and animal welfarism. There is a story of a disciple who is said to have sliced off a pig’s trotter: Francis rebukes the disciple, not for the cruel act toward the pig, or because of violating rights, but because he has damaged the pig owner’s ‘property.’]

Singer, P. (1985) (ed.) In Defence of Animals, Oxford: Blackwell.

Spiegal, M. (1988) The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery, London: Heretic Books.


This is part one of the Tom Regan video I mention.

6 comments:

LiDi said...

Thank you for very interesting podcasts!

Just a small suggestion: I'd recommend using proper ID tags on MP3 tracks (e.g. artist: Roger Yates or On Human-Nonhuman Relations, title: Podcast 8. The Religious Underpinning of Speciesism, etc.) This would make them easier to scrobble on last.fm and similar websites :-)

RYates said...

Thanks LiDi. Yes, I must get better on that. I have a natural tendency not to blow my own trumpet!!

Brandon Becker said...
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Brandon Becker said...

I was happily surprised to this podcast discusssing language issues, especially the problematic term "humans and animals."

I cannot recommend Joan Dunayer's book Animal Equality high enough. In this book, she critically examines human exploitation of other animals and the speciesist language that facilitates this oppression. Link: http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Equality-Liberation-Joan-Dunayer/dp/0970647557

For a quick overview, Dunayer wrote an article for the English Today journal, called "English and Speciesism":
http://www.lanternbooks.com/toc.html?session=a985dc1dc8571d331e84bf12219d3a11&cat=16&id=0-9706475-5-7&tocid=64

Bea Elliott said...

That's an accurate summation: The bible as a meat eaters manifesto. Am anxious to hear part 2. Thanks for doing these podcasts, I always learn something! :)

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