Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
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Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows by Melanie Joy
An Introduction to Carnism.“An important and groundbreaking contribution to the struggle for the welfare of animals.” — Yuval Harari, New York Times best-selling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“An absorbing examination of why humans feel affection and compassion for certain animals but are callous to the suffering of others.” — Publishers Weekly
Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows offers an absorbing look at what social psychologist Melanie Joy calls carnism, the belief system that conditions us to eat certain animals when we would never dream of eating others. Carnism causes extensive animal suffering and global injustice, and it drives us to act against our own interests and the interests of others without fully realizing what we are doing. Becoming aware of what carnism is and how it functions is vital to personal empowerment and social transformation, as it enables us to make our food choices more freely—because without awareness, there is no free choice.
Melanie Joy, PhD, is a psychologist, international speaker, longtime vegan, and social justice advocate. She is the award-winning author of six books, includingWhy We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows;Beyond Beliefs;The Vegan Matrix;andGetting Relationships Right. Joy has taught courses on privilege and oppression at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, for over a decade, and she is the eighth recipient of the Ahimsa Awardpreviously given to the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandelafor her work on global nonviolence. Her work has been featured in major media outlets around the world, and she is the founding president of Beyond Carnism. You can learn more about her at carnism.org.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781590035016 |
| ISBN 10 | 1590035011 |
| Title | Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows |
| Author | Melanie Joy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Red Wheel/Weiser |
| Year published | 2020-09-17 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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