1st Edition
The Poverty of Animals Towards a Marxist Theory of Animal Welfare
This book makes a theoretical contribution to animal rights issues from a Marxist perspective. Drawing on ethics, politics and philosophy, it focuses on how to create a social formation that will improve animal welfare. Further, the book enables the readers to grasp current theoretical debates on animal welfare and to gain insight into theoretical and practical perspectives in dealing with the animal issues.
The volume will be of great interest to scholars of politics and political philosophy, especially Marxism, and animal rights activists.
Introduction. 1. Why Do We Need a Marxist Theory of Animal Welfare? 2. Marx and Animal Welfare 3. Capitalism and the Poverty of Animals 4. What Can Be Done for Animal Welfare? Conclusion
Biography
Mehmet Kanatli is Lecturer at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Hitit University, Turkey. He received his MA from the Political Theory programme at Manchester University, UK, and his PhD from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at METU, Turkey. He is also the author of Private Property, Freedom and Order: Social Contract Theories from Hobbes to Rawls (Routledge, 2021). He is interested in a wide range of social science disciplines from international relations to political theory, with a specialisation in theories of democracies, political ideologies, and political thought.
