The politics of species : reshaping our relationships with other animals / edited by Raymond Corbey, Tilburg University and Leiden University, the Netherlands and Annette Lanjouw, Arcus Foundation, New York.

"The assumption that humans are cognitively and morally superior to other animals is fundamental to social democracies and legal systems worldwide. It legitimises treating members of other animal species as inferior to humans. The last few decades have seen a growing awareness of this issue, as evid...

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