Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation

Posted on 13 January 2019 by Sunaura Taylor

A beautifully written, deeply provocative inquiry into the intersection of animal and disability liberation and the debut of an important new social criticHow much of what we understand of ourselves as human depends on our physical and mental abilities how we move or cannot move in and interact with the world And how much of our definition of human depends on its difference from animal Drawing on her own experiences as a disabled person, a disability activist, and an animal advocate, author Sunaura Taylor persuades us to think deeply, and sometimes uncomfortably, about what divides the human from the animal, the disabled from the nondisabled and what it might mean to break down those divisions, to claim the animal and the vulnerable in ourselves, in a process she calls cripping animal ethics Beasts of Burden suggests that issues of disability and animal justice which have heretofore primarily been presented in opposition are in fact deeply entangled Fusing philosophy, memoir, science, and the radical truths these disciplines can bring whether about factory farming, disability oppression, or our assumptions of human superiority over animals Taylor draws attention to new worlds of experience and empathy that can open up important avenues of solidarity across species and ability Beasts of Burden is a wonderfully engaging and elegantly written work, both philosophical and personal, by a brilliant new voice. New Download Kindle ePUB Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation By Sunaura Taylor – kino-fada.fr This book is spectacular Carol Adams told me about this book about a year before it came out when I was talking to her at a conference I mentioned that I don t know a lot of people who write about the intersection of disability and animal liberation and she told me that Beasts of Burden was in the works I also read Sunaura Taylor s contribution to the Ecofeminism anthology which completely rocked my world From that point forward, I eagerly awaited the release date of Sunaura Taylor s book This book is spectacular Carol Adams told me about this book about a year before it came out when I was talking to her at a conference I mentioned that I don t know a lot of people who write about the intersection of disability and animal liberation and she told me that Beasts of Burden was in the works I also read Sunaura Taylor s contribution to the Ecofeminism anthology which completely rocked my world From that point forward, I eagerly awaited the release date of Sunaura Taylor s book So, I went into this with very high expectations that were difficult to meet This book surpassed them.Sunaura tackles topics of disability and animal liberation without separating them from each other or many of the other oppressions that are intertwined with them like race, class, gender, and so on At the same time, she give the topics and members of these groups the individualized attention the...Sunaura Tayler crips animal liberation and critiques speciesist trends in ableism The result is beautiful.I ve never encountered such a thoughtful, caring critical theory about other species Those who care about other species need this we need new ways to think about dependence and worth I don t want to slide into that eco theory that hates all domesticated beasts for being depend...Wow, I learned so much from this book and realised that I have so muchto learn A must read for sureWow YesIf animal and disability oppression are entangled, might not that mean their paths of liberation are entangled as well Mainstream animal rights and liberation discourse has, for the longest time, rested on a number of troubling arguments about personhood and sentience In Animal Liberation 1975 , the foundational text of contemporary animal rights discourse, Peter Singer famously writes that because humans and nonhuman animals both possess the capacity ...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Having read little on either of these topics, it was super informative and engaging addresses intersectionally the shortcomings of veganism as a lifestyle horrible working conditions for produce farm workers, white yogis, food deserts in low income black neighborhoods, etc and a lot of eye opening info on scientific measures of intelligence that determine how we treat which animals that disqualify differently abled neuroatypical people Definitely recommend Having read little on either of these topics, it was super informative and engaging addresses intersectionally the shortcomings of veganism as a lifestyle horrible working conditions for produce farm workers, white yogis, food deserts in low income black neighborhoods, etc and a lot of eye opening info on scientific measures of intell...This was so, so good.Absolutely necessary, approachable, and nuanced interrogation of the way ableism and speciesism interconnect in assumptions of value, labour, self determination, and ethical consideration.Very good book about speciesism and ableismFantastic I have already been vegan for 2 years, but reading this book helped me to confront my ableism, whether it was informing some of my views on animal liberation, or just operating in every day life Taylors argument is well written, coherent, and powerful Fantastic I have already been vegan for 2 years, but reading this book helped me to confront my ableism, whether it was informing some of my views o...

Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation

13 January 2019

Sunaura Taylor