Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Denigration of the West

1 Advocacy Scholarship

2 “Beastliness” and “Brutality”

3 Animals All?

4 Rationalism

5 Alienation from Nature

6 From the Great Chain of Being to the Theory of Evolution

7 Aboriginal and Oriental Harmony with Nature

8 Gaea and the Universal Spirit

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Rod Preece teaches in the Department of Political Science at Wilfried Laurier University. He is the author of Animal Welfare, Human Values and Brute Souls, Happy Beasts, and Evolution (UBC Press, 2005).

Reviews

An incredibly detailed documentation of western theory and practice of humanity’s relationship with nature and especially with animals.
*Canadian Forum*

Preece is a scholar of enormous intellect who makes the long-overdue case that western civilization need look no further than its own myths and traditions to justify the ethical treatment of animals.
*Georgia Straight*

A new and surprising religious target, native Indian spirituality, is discovered in this groundbreaking book by Rod Preece.
*Vancouver Sun*

No previous book offers nearly the breadth of Preece's erudite multidisciplinary work. A unique and valuable book, strongly recommended.
*Choice*