The politics of total liberation : revolution for the 21st century
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The politics of total liberation : revolution for the 21st century
(Critical political theory and radical practice)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
- : hardcover
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This book argues that there is an ongoing planetary crisis, in both the social and natural worlds, that is of urgent importance. This demands a new politics, a politics of total liberation, one that grasps the need to unite the disparate movements for human, animal, and earth liberation. In the book, Best outlines a way forward despite challenges.
Table of Contents
1. The Animal Standpoint 2. The New Abolitionism. Capitalism, Slavery, and Animal Liberation 3. The Paralysis of Pacifism. In Defense of Militant Direct Action 4. Rethinking Revolution. Veganism, Animal Liberation, Ecology, and the Left 5. Minding the Animals. Cognitive Ethology and the Obsolescence of Left Humanism 6. Moral Progress and the Struggle for Human Evolution Conclusion
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