Power, knowledge, animals

Author(s)

• Johnson, Lisa (Lisa Carol)

Bibliographic Information

Power, knowledge, animals

Lisa Johnson

（The Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series）

Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

• : hardback

Note

Contents: 1. The Essential Political Problem -- 2. Contemporary Discourses about Animals -- 3. Insurrection -- 4. On Blindness to Being -- 5. Parallelisms (Or, the Changeable Nature of Knowledge)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-169) and index

"This work contributes to the development of a theoretical context of the politics of truth about animals. By applying and extending Foucault's theory of power, this work uncovers dominant and subjugated discourses about animals and describes power-knowledge associated with statements about animals that are understood to convey true things"--From USMARC

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This work contributes to the development of a theoretical context of the politics of truth about animals. By applying and extending Foucault's theory of power, this work uncovers dominant and subjugated discourses about animals and describes power-knowledge associated with statements about animals that are understood to convey true things.

Table of Contents

Series Preface Introduction The Essential Political Problem Contemporary Discourses about Animals Insurrection On Blindness to Being Parallelisms (Or, the Changeable Nature of Knowledge) References Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB13655320
• ISBN:
  • 9780230282575
• LCCN: 2012532164
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Houndmills
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 172 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : B105.A55
  • DC23 : 304.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Animals (Philosophy)
  • LCSH : Human-animal relationships
  • LCSH : Power (Social sciences)
  • LCSH : Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB05242733