Table of Contents

Contents: Anthony J. Nocella II/John Sorenson/Kim Socha/Atsuko Matsuoka: Introduction: The Emergence of Critical Animal Studies: The Rise of Intersectional Animal Liberation – Adam Weitzenfeld/Melanie Joy: An Overview of Anthropocentrism, Humanism, and Speciesism in Critical Animal Theory – Amy J. Fitzgerald/David Pellow: Ecological Defense for Animal Liberation: A Holistic Understanding of the World – Sarat Colling/Sean Parson/Alessandro Arrigoni: Until All Are Free: Total Liberation through Revolutionary Decolonization, Groundless Solidarity, and a Relationship Framework – Stephanie Jenkins/Vasile Stănescu: One Struggle – Carol L. Glasser/Arpan Roy: The Ivory Trap: Bridging the Gap between Activism and the Academy – Kim Socha/Les Mitchell: Critical Animal Studies as an Interdisciplinary Field: A Holistic Approach to Confronting Oppression – Lauren Corman/Tereza Vandrovcová: Radical Humility: Toward a More Holistic Critical Animal Studies Pedagogy – Lara Drew/Nik Taylor: Engaged Activist Research: Challenging Apolitical Objectivity – Jennifer Grubbs/Michael Loadenthal: From the Classroom to the Slaughterhouse: Animal Liberation by Any Means Necessary – Richard J. White/Erika Cudworth: Taking it to the Streets: Challenging Systems of Domination from Below – Karen Davis: Afterword: From Animal Oppression to Animal Liberation: A Historical Reflection and the Growth of Critical Animal Studies.

About the Author

Anthony J. Nocella II is Visiting Professor in the School of Education at Hamline University, Senior Fellow of the Dispute Resolution Institute at the Hamline Law School, and co-founder of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies.
John Sorenson is Professor in the Department of Sociology at Brock University, where he teaches critical animal studies, as well as courses on globalization and on anti-racism. His books include Animal Rights, Ape, and Culture of Prejudice.
Kim Socha is author of Women, Destruction, and the Avant-Garde: A Paradigm for Animal Liberation, co-editor of Confronting Animal Exploitation: Grassroots Essays on Liberation and Veganism, and Professor of English at Normandale Community College.
Atsuko Matsuoka is Associate Professor at the School of Social Work at York University. She is co-author of Ghosts and Shadows: Constructions of Identity and Community in an African Diaspora and Critical Social Work and Analysing Practice through Deconstruction: Experiential Learning.

Reviews

"Defining Critical Animal Studies is the type of book that everyone should read - not just animal rights activists, but also the naysayers, fence-sitters, and uninformed. And why? Because this book is educational, enlightening, and transformative. It literally alters how we see and understand the issues of human and nonhuman relations, equality, democracy, food, consumption, activism, and social movements. And the book accomplishes this task by practicing what it preaches: bringing together a variety of scholars and activists, both old and new, that address the theoretical, practical, political, and personal intersections of animal liberation." (Jason Del Gandio, Author of Rhetoric for Radicals: A Handbook for 21st Century Activists) "Through their work in this excellent volume, the editors and contributors give me hope that perhaps all is not lost for our species. But then I think, what kind of society marginalizes, harasses, and surveils these kinds of people as terrorists, but valorizes and rewards the real radicals and the real terrorists whose blood-lust for profits has normalized the systematic torture, oppression, and genocide of creatures unfortunate enough not to have been born human? As long as the latter group retains the backing of state violence, they'll continue super-sizing us toward extinction." (David Gabbard, Professor of Education, Boise State University) "Defining Critical Animal Studies comes at a moment when the devastating effects of climate change, the loss of species in the current sixth mass extinction, the overconsumption of the earth's resources, endless toxic wars, and the exponential increase in human population are converging far more quickly than scientists predicted to create a multitude of crises - not in the distant future - but right here and now. This book reveals the necessity of reframing social justice and animal rights thought to forge new visions and creative movements to end human and corporate domination and exploitation of other humans, other forms of life, and the Earth." (Julie Andrzejewski, Professor, St. Cloud State University) "This is a must-read for anyone concerned with the interconnectedness of struggles for justice and liberation. It is against single-issue politics. It is for the rights of all animals, irrespective of species, age, sex, race, class, and ability. What an exciting book!" (Piers Beirne, Author of Confronting Animal Abuse: Law, Criminology, and Human-Animal Relationships) "As radical means 'root', Defining Critical Animal Studies is a radical book that explores the social, historical, and political roots underlying the oppression and exploitation of human and nonhuman animals alike. The book is also radical in advocating for the connection between scholarship and activism, and in promoting interdisciplinary and intersectional approaches to 'the question of the animal.' Students, scholars, activists, and citizens interested in engaging social justice across the species boundary will find these essays confronting many of the key issues of the twenty-first century, where what is at stake is survival itself." (Dan Featherston, Assistant Professor, Temple University; Editor, Lexington Critical Animal Studies Book Series) "Critical Animal Studies is a spreading academic discipline that brings much-needed activist and radical perspectives to classrooms globally - just the kind of thing that breathes life and real substance into higher education." (Leslie James Pickering, former Earth Liberation Front Press Officer) "There is an urgent need for a broader analysis in the animal liberation movement. The contributors to Defining Critical Animal Studies grapple with questions our movement will have to engage in order to move forward." (Erin Marcus, Event Coordinator and Co-Founder, Open the Cages Alliance)