Asian Perspectives on Animal Ethics: Rethinking the Nonhuman
To date, philosophical discussions of animal ethics and Critical Animal Studies have been dominated by Western perspectives and Western thinkers. This book makes a novel contribution to animal ethics in showing the range and richness of ideas offered to these fields by diverse Asian traditions.Asian...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken
Taylor and Francis
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge studies in Asian religion and philosophy
12 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Asia
/ Philosophy
/ Protection of animals ethics
B Indian philosophy / Protection of animals ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Human-animal relationships - Cross-cultural studies B Electronic books |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: Asian Perspectives on Animal Ethics: Rethinking the Nonhuman |
| Summary: | To date, philosophical discussions of animal ethics and Critical Animal Studies have been dominated by Western perspectives and Western thinkers. This book makes a novel contribution to animal ethics in showing the range and richness of ideas offered to these fields by diverse Asian traditions.Asian Perspectives on Animal Ethics is the first of its kind to include the intersection of Asian and European traditions with respect to human and nonhuman relations. Presenting a series of studies focusing on specific Asian traditions, as well as studies that put those traditions in dialogue with Weste |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 0415729866 |