Murdering Animals: Writings on Theriocide, Homicide and Nonspeciesist Criminology (Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology)

Murdering Animals confronts the speciesism underlying the disparate social censures of homicide and ôtheriocideö (the killing of animals by humans), and as such, is a plea to take animal rights seriously. Its substantive topics include the criminal prosecution and execution of justiciable animals in early modern Europe; images of hunters put on trial by their prey in the upside-down world of the Dutch Golden Age; the artist William HogarthÆs patriotic depictions of animals in 18th Century London; and the playwright J.M. SyngeÆs representation of parricide in fin de si?cle Ireland. Combining insights from intellectual history, the history of the fine and performing arts, and what is known about todayÆs invisibilised sites of animal killing, Murdering Animals inevitably asks: should theriocide be considered murder? With its strong multi- and interdisciplinary approach, this work of collaboration will appeal to scholars of social and species justice in animal studies, criminology, sociology and law.

• | Author: Piers Beirne
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Mar 07, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 244 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 1137574674
• | ISBN-13: 9781137574671