Animals Reader: The Essential Classic and Contemporary Writings Book

List of Illustrations     vii
Prologue: Animals   Randy Malamud     ix
Editorial Introduction   Linda Kalof   Amy Fitzgerald     xiii
Animals as Philosophical and Ethical Subjects
Introduction     3
The History of Animals     5
Principles of Morals and Legislation     8
In Defense of Slavery     10
Animal Liberation or Animal Rights?     14
The Rights of Humans and Other Animals     23
Moral Status of Animals     30
Becoming-Animal     37
Further Reading     51
Animals as Reflexive Thinkers
Introduction     55
An Apology for Raymond Sebond     57
From the Letters of 1646 and 1649     59
Speaking for Dogs     63
Wild Justice and Fair Play: Cooperation, Forgiveness, and Morality in Animals     72
Grief Sadness, and the Bones of Elephants     91
Orangutan Cultures and the Evolution of Material Culture     104
Further Reading     111
Animals as Domesticates, "Pets" and Food
Introduction     115
The Hunter-Gatherer Prehistory of Human-Animal Interactions     117
Animal Planet     129
Animal Pets: Cruelty andAffection     141
The Eating of Flesh     154
Brave New Farm?     158
The Sexual Politics of Meat     171
The Promotion of "Meat" and its Consequences     182
Further Reading     190
Animals as Spectacle and Sport
Introduction     193
Combats of Elephants     195
On Being Human in the Bullfight     197
Dogfighting: Symbolic Expression and Validation of Masculinity     209
Zoo Spectatorship     219
Hunting and Humanity in Western Thought     237
Further Reading     245
Animals as Symbols
Introduction     249
Why Look at Animals?     251
The Totemic Illusion     262
Animals as Tradition     270
What is the Postmodern Animal?     278
The Illumination of the Animal Kingdom: The Role of Light and Electricity in Animal Representation     289
Further Reading     302
Animals as Scientific Objects
Introduction     305
The Brown Dog Riots of 1907     307
Into the Laboratory     323
Hybrid Geographies: Rethinking the "Human" in Human Geography     336
Dolly's Body: Gender, Genetics and the New Genetic Capital      349
Cyborgs to Companion Species: Reconfiguring Kinship in Technoscience     362
Further Reading     375
Index     377