{"product_id":"beasts-of-burden-animal-and-disability-liberation","title":"Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018 American Book Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA beautifully written, deeply provocative inquiry into the intersection of animal and disability liberation--and the debut of an important new social critic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow 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\"? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeasts of Burden\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eBeasts of Burden\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderfully engaging and elegantly written work, both philosophical and personal, by a brilliant new voice.\u003cbr\u003e\r","brand":"Sunaura Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44443580203244,"sku":"9781620971284","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781620971284.jpg?v=1720556548","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/beasts-of-burden-animal-and-disability-liberation","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}