Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? : Reflections on the Liberation of Animals
Steven. Best
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | New York : : Lantern Books, , 2004.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (680 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover Page; Praise for Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?; Copyright; Title Page; Acknowledgments; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Introducing the Animal Liberation Front; Animal Liberation Front Guidelines; I. The ALF: The Newest Liberation Movement; II. Direct Action and Democracy; III. Origins of the ALF; Migration to the US; IV. Philosophy and Structure of the ALF; V. The "Principled" Critique of the ALF; Semantic Quagmires: Defining "Violence" and "Terrorism"; Dilemmas and the Politics of Language; VI. The "Pragmatic" Critique of the ALF; Exploiters on the Run; VII. Rifts in the Movement. - Drawing Lines and Making Choices: Which Side Are You On?. - Exposing the Methods of DestructionHolocaust Resistance, The ALF, and Direct Action Against a System of Destruction; Exposing Liberation; Abolition, Liberation, Freedom. Coming to a Fur Farm Near You; Missed Opportunities; Path to Liberation; Let Them Read Lies; The Aftermath; Mothers with Monkeywrenches: Feminist Imperatives and the ALF; ALF and Ecofeminism; ALF and Anarcha~Feminism; ALF and Radical Feminism; ALF and Feminist Ethics; Motivation; Aquinas's Account of Anger Applied to the ALF; The Pleasure of Revenge; The Expressions and Effects of Anger; Kinds of Anger; The Cause of Anger. - Identification with OthersAnger and Animal Rights Activism; Direct Actions Speak Louder Than Words; Touch the Earth; Take No Prisoners; Perception; Understanding the ALF: From Critical Analysis to Critical Pedagogy; Open Rescues: Putting a Face on the Rescuers and on the Rescued; The "Disappearance" of Animals in Western Culture; The Role of the ALF; United Poultry Concerns Forum On Direct Action for Animals; Undercover Investigations of Battery-Caged Hen Facilities; The Drama of Open Rescue; Open the Cages; From the Front Line to the Front Page-An Analysis of ALF Media Coverage. - Our Little Civil WarGood Press, Bad Press?; Foie Gras: In the News, Off the Menus; Mink: To Free or Not to Free?; Should We "Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Bomb"?; If Somebody Dies, Does Our Movement?; ALF and Ronnie Go to Hollywood; Arming the Forces for the Media Ambush; Tactics; How to Justify Violence; Direct Action: Progress, Peril, or Both?; Direct Action for Animals; Pros and Cons of the ALF; The Nonviolent Path; Lessons at Hegins; Comparing Movement Strategies; In the End; Afterword: Where We Go From Here; Defending Agitation and the ALF. - VIII. Against HypocrisyIX. About This Volume; Difference in Unity, Unity in Difference; X. Into the Future; Introduction: Behind the Mask: Uncovering the Animal Liberation Front; History; Thirty Years of Direct Action; Animal Liberation-By "Whatever Means Necessary"; A Personal Overview of Direct Action in the United Kingdom and the United States; Liberation; Legitimizing Liberation; At the Gates of Hell: The ALF and the Legacy of Holocaust Resistance; Exposing the Ethical Tension; The Ethical Challenge of Holocaust Resistance Fighters; The Ethical Challenge of the Animal Liberation Front. - The first anthology of writings on the history, ethics, politics and tactics of the Animal Liberation Front, Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? features both academic and activist perspectives and offers powerful insights into this international organization and its position within the animal rights movement. Calling on sources as venerable as Thomas Aquinas and as current as the Patriot Act-and, in some cases, personal experience-the contributors explore the history of civil disobedience and sabotage, and examine the philosophical and cultural meanings of words like ""terrorism,"" ""democracy""
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| Emner | Animal Liberation Front : (NO-TrBIB)7009857
Animal experimentation - United States Animal rights movement - United States Terrorism usa dyreeksperiementer dyrs rettigheter dyr etikk |
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| ISBN | 159056054X
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