Power, Knowledge, Animals

This work contributes to the development of a theoretical context of the politics of truth about animals. By applying and extending Foucault's theory of power, this work uncovers dominant and subjugated discourses about animals and describes power-knowledge associated with statements about anim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Lisa
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2012, 2012
Series:The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This work contributes to the development of a theoretical context of the politics of truth about animals. By applying and extending Foucault's theory of power, this work uncovers dominant and subjugated discourses about animals and describes power-knowledge associated with statements about animals that are understood to convey true things
Physical Description:IX, 172 p online resource
ISBN:9781137284174