Animal Liberation - Softcover

Peter Singer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380017822 ISBN 13: 9780380017829

Publisher: Avon Books, 1977

Synopsis

This is a revised and updated edition of the book that gave rise to the Animal Liberation Movement. When first published, in 1975, it put forward a radically new conception of the relationship that ought to exist between human beings and non-human animals. It argues against "speciesism", that is the exploitation of one species by another, as well as the moral necessity of vegetarianism and explains how outdated our views towards animals are. This book also features factual material on animal experimentation and factory farming as well as recent developments in the Animal Liberation Movement.

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Review:

"It galvanised a generation into action. Groups sprang up around the world, equipped with a new vocabulary, a new set of ethics and a new sense of mission...Singer's book is widely known as the bible of the animal liberation movement." (Independent on Sunday)

"A reasoned plea for the humane treatment of animals that galvanised the animal-rights movement the way the Rachel Carson's Silent Spring drew activists to environmentalism." (New York Times)

"Important and responsible...Everyone ought to read it." (Richard Adams)

"Probably the single most influential document in the history of recent movements concerned with animal welfare" (Guardian)

From the Publisher:

'An extraordinary book which has had extraordinary effects. . . widely known as the bible of the animal liberation movement' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon Books
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0380017822
• ISBN 13: 9780380017829
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1