Animal Crisis

<p>Leading philosophers Alice Crary and Lori Gruen&nbsp;offer a searing and desperately needed response to systems&nbsp;of thought and action&nbsp;that are failing animals and, ultimately, humans too.&nbsp;In the wake of global pandemics, mass extinctions, habitat destruction, and catastrophic climate change, they issue a clarion call to address the intertwined problems we&nbsp;face, arguing that we&nbsp;must radically reimagine&nbsp;our relationships with other animals.</p> <p>In stark contrast to traditional theories in animal ethics, which abstract from social mechanisms harmful to human beings,&nbsp;<i>Animal Crisis&nbsp;</i>makes the case that there can be no animal liberation without human emancipation. Borrowing from critical theories such as ecofeminism, Crary and Gruen present a&nbsp;<i>critical animal theory</i>&nbsp;for understanding and combating the structural forces that enable the diminishment of so many to the advantage of a few. With seven case studies<i>&nbsp;</i>of complex human-animal relations, they make an urgent plea to dismantle the&nbsp;&ldquo;human supremacism&rdquo; that is devastating animal lives and hurtling us toward ecocide.</p>