Abstract
The emergence of interdisciplinary animal studies during recent decades challenges sociologists to critically reflect upon anthropocentric ontology and to paint a more comprehensive picture of the social. This article focuses on the recent emergence of the sociology of climate change during the last twenty years, with a warning that it may have proceeded without critical interrogation of residual humanism evidenced by the exclusion of nonhuman animals. The inclusion of these nonhuman animals in the discussion of human/animal relations is vital in the societal discourse of climate change. After surveying key texts and leading journal literature, it is clear that this discussion of human/animal relations is lacking or altogether omitted. It is then worth considering how animalized environmental sociology could contribute to redefining the discipline of sociology as a whole.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-26 |
Journal | Society and Animals |
Early online date | 6 Oct 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 6 Oct 2020 |
Keywords
- animal Studies
- sociology
- environmental sociology
- climate change
- animal-industrial complex
Research Centres
- Centre for Human Animal Studies
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Dr RICHARD TWINE
- History, Geography & Social Sciences - Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences
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